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Use of confidence intervals is increasing steadily in reports of physiotherapy trials
Critical appraisal of reports of randomised controlled trials is a core element of evidence-based practice. When considering whether to use an intervention with a patient, clinicians are encouraged to consider…
Systematic review found that centre-based cardiac rehabilitation reduced all-cause mortality in people with coronary heart disease
The aim of this network meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness of centre-based, home-based and telephone-based cardiac rehabilitation in people with coronary heart disease. This review included randomized controlled trials…
The PREVENT trial: a trial of 202 adults with acute low back pain showed that adding intensive patient education to first-line care was no better at improving pain outcomes than a placebo
Acute low back pain is extremely common, most adults will experience at least one episode in their lifetime. Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Various psychosocial risk…
PEDro is no longer posting to Google+
UPDATE | Last year Google announced the shutdown of Google+ for consumers due to its low usage and the challenges they had in creating and maintaining a platform that met…
Who used PEDro in 2018?
An analysis of the contents of PEDro in the 8 January 2019 update is now available on the PEDro statistics page. The number of reports of trials has continued to…
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – what is Lorimer Moseley reading?
Lorimer Moseley is a Pain Scientist with a background in physiotherapy who is the University of South Australia’s Inaugural Chair in Physiotherapy and Professor of Clinical Neurosciences. He chairs the…
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – PEDro’s Evidence in your inbox
One way of keeping up-to-date with high quality clinical research relevant to your area of practice is to scan journals. However, with over 3,900 journals publishing physiotherapy research, traditional ways…
PEDro update (8 January 2019)
PEDro contains 42,289 records. In the 8 January 2019 update you will find: 33,118 reports of randomised controlled trials (32,286 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Systematic review found that telephone-based interventions for people with osteoarthritis or spinal pain are effective when compared to usual care
This systematic review assessed whether real-time telehealth interventions reduce pain intensity and disability in people with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip or spinal (back or neck) pain compared to…
Trial found physiotherapy is as effective as arthroscopic menisectomy for knee pain with non-obstructive meniscal tears
Summary: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is among the most frequently performed procedures in orthopaedic surgery. This trial is consistent with current consensus that surgery should not be first line treatment in…