We welcome comments in the PEDro blog. All comments will be moderated. We only accept comments which are respectful, professional and based on evidence. If a post relates to a research paper, please read the full paper before submitting your comment.
Online PEDro training
No matter where you live, you can access online training with PEDro. To participate, simply subscribe and login to the training session whenever it is convenient for you. Online training…
Infographic: Systematic review found that home-based rehabilitation is not different from centre based rehabilitation for improving impairments and activity limitations in adults with stroke.
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Nascimento et al 2022. The review concluded that the location where exercises take place is less important than the amount and type…
Become a PEDro rater
PEDro is unique. All randomised controlled trials indexed on PEDro are independently quality-rated by trained PEDro raters. All potential PEDro raters complete the PEDro training program on how to use…
PEDro celebrates World PT Day!
September 8 marks #WorldPTDay. The theme for this year is arthritis and the role of physiotherapists. Physiotherapists play an important role in the prevention and management of people affected by…
DiTA update (4 September 2023)
DiTA contains 2,430 records. In the 4 September 2023 update you will find: 2,161 reports of primary studies, and 269 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
PEDro update (4 September 2023)
PEDro contains 59,914 records. In the 4 September 2023 update you will find: 45,879 Reports of randomised controlled trials (44,424 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (September 2023)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 4 September 2023.
Funding is vital to sustain PEDro
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisations. We thank Félag Sjúkraþjálfara and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft who have renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
Systematic review found that there were no differences between home-based exercise programs and centre-based exercise programs for improving upper-limb impairments and activity limitations in adults with stroke
This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of home-based exercises compared to centre-based exercises on improving motor dexterity, recovery, strength, upper-limb movement performance, upper-limb movement quality and participation in…
Meet PEDro Brazil
PEDro satellite centres contribute to developing the PEDro and DiTA databases. Earlier this year the PEDro Steering committee announced the global expansion of the PEDro and DiTA databases and launched…
