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What’s it like to be a PEDro Rater – Peter Stubbs
To celebrate #PEDroTurns25, we asked our PEDro Raters why they volunteer to rate articles on PEDro. Peter Stubbs, Senior Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney How long have you been…
How to become a PEDro Rater?
PEDro Raters typically have a background in physiotherapy, or a related field, and a strong interest in evidence-based practice and help shape the physiotherapy profession. This includes clinicians, educators, academics…
What are the benefits of PEDro rating?
An article on the benefits of being a Rater was published in the Editorial Fandim JV, Crowe-Owen L, Romanyshyn M, Chan SWW. Reasons to become a volunteer Rater for the…
PEDro rating over 25 years – Similarities and differences
PEDro is unique. Each clinical trial indexed on PEDro is assessed for methodological quality by at least two independent PEDro-trained Raters. This month, we highlight the invaluable contribution of Raters…
Are you recently graduated or embarking on a new physiotherapy practice?
PEDro has partnered with Cliniko! Cliniko provides practice software for busy clinics and allied health practitioners across more than 70 countries. The Cliniko platform can help you manage individual and…
Last chance to nominate a trial for PEDro’s Top 25 Trials!
To celebrate PEDro’s 25th anniversary we are looking to expand PEDro’s Top 20 Trials to the Top 25 Trials. Nominations close 11 August 2024. You can help us by nominating…
DiTA update (2 September 2024)
DiTA contains 2,489 records. In the 2 September 2024 update you will find: 2,206 reports of primary studies, and 283 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
Systematic review found that preoperative respiratory muscle training reduces the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications and pneumonia and length of hospital stay following open cardiac surgery.
This systematic review aimed to estimate the effect of preoperative respiratory muscle training (RMT) compared to no intervention on the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPC), post-operative length of stay,…
Systematic review found physiotherapy management was effective for reducing pain in women with dyspareunia when compared to control or no intervention.
Some findings are included in this infographic. Fernandez-Perez P, Leiros-Rodriguez R, Marques-Sanchez MP,…
PEDro celebrates World PT Day!
September 8 marks #WorldPTDay. The theme for this year is #lowbackpain. Globally, low back pain is the single leading cause of disability. In 2020, it affected 619 million people, which…
