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Systematic review found that exercise-based prevention programs may reduce the risk of non-contact musculoskeletal injuries in football (soccer) players
Football (soccer) is a popular sport world-wide. Despite the health benefits of playing football, non-contact musculoskeletal injuries (eg, hamstring strain) are relatively common. Exercise-based programs have been developed to prevent…
Infographic for systematic review that found that pain neurophysiology education may reduce pain and psychological distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain
Infographic for systematic review that found that pain neurophysiology education may reduce pain and psychological distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain Last month we summarised the systematic review by…
PEDro now contains 51,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 51,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro. pedro.org.au
DiTA update (5 July 2021)
DiTA contains 2,172 records. In the 5 July 2021 update you will find: 1,960 reports of primary studies, and 212 reports of systematic reviews. dita.org.au
PEDro update (5 July 2021)
PEDro contains 51,358 records. In the 5 July 2021 update you will find: 39,671 reports of randomised controlled trials (38,771 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
DiTA update (July 2021)
DiTA was updated on 5 July 2021. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
PEDro update (July 2021)
PEDro was updated on 5 July 2021. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (July 2021)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 5 July 2021.
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We thank the American Physical Therapy Association, Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, Physioswiss, Fysioterapeuterna, Associação Espanola de Fisioterapeutas, Latvijas Fizioterapeitu Asociācija, Suomen Fysioterapeutit, Združenje Fizioterapevtov Slovenije, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association,…
Call for continence and women’s health questions for “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
21-27 June 2021 is World Continence Week. The week aims to raise awareness about the impact of incontinence related issues on daily life and encourages people to seek help to…