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PEDro celebrates World Mental Health Day 2020
October 10, 2020 is #WorldMentalHealthDay, a campaign by the World Federation for Mental Health to promote universal access to mental health care. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this year a…
DiTA update (6 October 2020)
DiTA contains 1,871 records. In the 6 October 2020 update you will find: 1,687 reports of primary studies, and 184 reports of systematic reviews. https://dita.org.au
PEDro update (6 October 2020)
PEDro contains 48,545 records. In the 6 October 2020 update you will find: 37,682 reports of randomised controlled trials (36,822 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
DiTA update (October 2020)
DiTA was updated on 6 October 2020. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
PEDro update (October 2020)
PEDro was updated on 6 October 2020. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (October 2020)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Tuesday 6 October 2020. This is later than usual because Monday is a public holiday in Sydney. pedro.org.au dita.org.au
Support for PEDro comes from the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft
We thank Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
What makes a great clinical trial? Editorial about PEDro’s Top 5 Trials in 2014-2019 provides some insights
Some trials are ground-breaking and grab a great deal of attention. Others fail to excite. What makes them different? A recent editorial published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine…
Systematic review found that exercise alone or combined with education probably reduces future low back pain intensity and disability in working aged adults
Low back pain is the leading cause of global disability and a common reason for absence from work, reduced productivity and seeking care. Prevention strategies are required to reduce the…
Infographic for systematic review that found resisted and progressive exercise reduces pain and dysfunction, but non-resisted or non-progressive exercise does not, in people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Naunton et al. The review concluded that resisted and progressive exercise reduces pain and dysfunction, but non-resisted or non-progressive exercise does not,…
