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Infographic for systematic review that found that neuromuscular training reduces anterior cruciate ligament injury in female athletes
Last month we summarised the Petushek et al systematic review. The review concluded that neuromuscular training reduces anterior cruciate ligament injury in female athletes. Data from the meta-regression were used…
Summary of measurement properties of the PEDro scale
Two recent articles have evaluated the measurement properties of the PEDro scale. This second article summarised the clinimetric properties of the PEDro scale, and is summarised in this post. The…
There is moderate agreement for half of the PEDro scale and Cochrane risk of bias items that evaluate similar constructs
Two recent articles have evaluated the measurement properties of the PEDro scale. This first article assessed the agreement between the PEDro scale and the Cochrane risk of bias tool, and…
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – what is Kari Bø reading?
Physiotherapist and exercise scientist Kari Bø is a Professor in the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, Norway. She has published over 270 peer-reviewed articles in the field of…
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – how to read a diagnostic test accuracy paper
The logic of diagnostic test accuracy studies is simple. In these studies, a sample of people suspected of having a particular condition are assessed with the diagnostic test of interest…
Introducing DiTA, a database of Diagnostic Test Accuracy in physiotherapy produced by the PEDro Partnership
The PEDro Partnership is very excited to announce the launch of a new database. Called DiTA (for Diagnostic Test Accuracy), this database indexes articles evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests…
PEDro Top 5 Trials in 2014-2019 will be announced in November 2019
To celebrate PEDro’s 20th birthday we are identifying the 5 most important randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy published in the years 2014-2019. These trials will be added to the best…
PEDro celebrates 20 years of informing physiotherapy – thank you for your support
October 2019 marks PEDro’s 20th birthday! For 20 years PEDro has been providing physiotherapists around the world with easy access to high-quality clinical research so they can practice effectively and…
PEDro update (8 October 2019)
PEDro contains 44,926 records. In the 8 October 2019 update you will find: 35,088 reports of randomised controlled trials (34,278 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
A reminder to guide practice using information from the full-text (not abstract) of research articles
Earlier this year a study assessed the accuracy of abstracts of articles reporting the results of randomised controlled trials evaluating physiotherapy interventions for low back pain. The main findings were…