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DiTA update (1 August 2022)
DiTA was last updated on 4 July 2022. DiTA contains 2,366 records. In the 1 August 2022 update you will find: 2,117 reports of primary studies, and 249 reports of…
PEDro update (1 August 2022)
PEDro contains 55,812 records. In the 1 August 2022 update you will find: 42,673 reports of randomised controlled trials (41,839 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (August 2022)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 1 August 2022.
Systematic review found that exercise training for colorectal cancer survivors during chemotherapy reduces cancer-related fatigue
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Up to half of colorectal cancer survivors report cancer-related fatigue, a debilitating and often long-term symptom impacting health-related quality of…
Infographic for systematic review found that exercise interventions improve muscle quality in older adults
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Radaelli R et al. The review concluded that exercise interventions provide small improvements in both morphological and neuromuscular muscle quality compared to…
PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on decreasing frailty in older people 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…
#PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy: more on lack of time
Lack of time is the most common barrier to evidence-based physiotherapy. Many factors contribute to this, including a high workload, competing priorities, efficiency in all 5 steps of evidence-based physiotherapy…
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisations
Thank you to Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Združenje Fizioterapevtov Slovenije, Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Associação Espanola de Fisioterapeutas, Physiotherapeuten-Verband Liechtenstein who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
DiTA update (4 July 2022)
DiTA contains 2,366 records. In the 4 July 2022 update you will find: 2,117 reports of primary studies, and 249 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
PEDro update (4 July 2022)
PEDro contains 55,567 records. In the 4 July 2022 update you will find: 42,493 Reports of randomised controlled trials (41,641 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
