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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…
Benefits of being a volunteer PEDro rater
A unique feature of PEDro is that articles reporting the results of randomised controlled trials are pre-appraised. Trained raters use the PEDro scale to assess the methodological quality and completeness…
DiTA update (7 November 2022 2022)
DiTA contains 2,390 records. In the 7 November 2022 update you will find: 2.136 reports of primary studies, and 254 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (November 2022)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 7 November 2022.
