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Next PEDro and DiTA updates (July 2024)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 1 July 2024.
Infographic: Systematic review found that interventions that promote coping and encourage movement and activity were most effective for temporomandibular disorders
Some findings are included in this infographic. Access the full summary…
Systematic review found that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation does not affect all-cause mortality in people with heart failure
People with heart failure have low exercise tolerance, poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL), increased risk of mortality and hospital admission, and high healthcare costs. A Cochrane review in 2018…
We are excited to announce that the #PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy campaign is now available in Spanish, Ukranian and Turkish!
The ‘#PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy’ campaign will help you to tackle the four biggest barriers to evidence-based physiotherapy. This campaign was inspired by a recent systematic review by Matteo Paci…
PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on ballistic resistance training for people with traumatic brain injury is now available
Welcome to the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club. The purpose of the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club is to encourage the global physiotherapy community to read trials, reviews and guidelines that have…
Stay up-to-date with the latest research with PEDro
This year we aim to celebrate 25 years of PEDro! PEDro aims to maximise the effectiveness of physiotherapy services by facilitating the clinical application of the best available evidence. The…
PEDro Scale Training Program
PEDro is celebrating 25 years of informing evidence-based practice. One way has been through the PEDro Scale Training Program which helps PEDro users learn how to assess physiotherapy trials for…
Funding is vital to sustain PEDro
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisation. We thank the Australian Physiotherapy Association who has just renewed their financial and in-kind partnership with PEDro for another 3…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (June 2024)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 3 June 2024.
Infographic: Systematic review found that physical therapy interventions including aerobic exercise and multimodal approaches are beneficial in treating adolescent and young adult athletes post-concussion.
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Art et al 2023. The review concluded that aerobic exercise or multi-modal interventions may lead to quicker recovery and return to sport…
