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DiTA update (5 December 2022)
DiTA contains 2,395 records. In the 5 December 2022 update you will find: 2,140 reports of primary studies, and 255 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
PEDro update (5 December 2022)
PEDro contains 57,071 records. In the 5 December 2022 update you will find: 43,561 Reports of randomised controlled trials (42,715 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Support for PEDro comes from the American Physical Therapy Association
We thank APTA who have renewed their association partnership with PEDro for another year.
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (December 2022)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 5 December 2022.
PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on understanding blinding in trials 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…
Almost one in five clinical trials evaluating physiotherapy interventions for low back pain excluded people due to lack of language proficiency
People need to communicate fluently to adequately participate in some physiotherapy interventions, for example, interventions for health promotion or behaviour modification. Language proficiency is also a requirement for participating in…
PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on understanding comparisons in trials 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…
Cochrane systematic review found moderate certainty evidence that physical activity interventions for 6 months or more probably improve exercise capacity in people with cystic fibrosis, when compared to no training
This Cochrane systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of physical activity on exercise capacity, lung function and health-related quality of life in people with cystic fibrosis. This review was…
Infographic for systematic review found that standalone gamified smartphone apps have a small-to-moderate effect on increasing physical activity levels in people of all health statuses and ages
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Yang et al. The review concluded that standalone gamified smartphone apps have small-to-moderate positive effects on physical activity levels in people of…
Why is ‘blinding’ important in a trial?
The ‘#PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy’ campaign will help you to tackle the four biggest barriers to evidence-based physiotherapy – lack of time, language, lack of access, and lack of statistical…
