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Guidelines and reviews read by PEDro users in 2017
To gain insights into what PEDro users were reading in 2017, we tallied up the most frequently accessed (selected or viewed) guidelines and reviews. In the top 20 were 12…
Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro): 18.6 million questions answered … and counting
Since being launched in October 1999, PEDro has been used to answer 18,632,434 clinical questions. In the last 3 months of 1999, PEDro was used to answer 51,642 questions. 2009…
Systematic review found that exercise improves physical function in people with cognitive impairment or dementia
In this recent review, the authors included 43 randomised controlled trials (n = 3,988) that evaluated the effects of exercise training on physical function and quality of life in people…
PEDro update (5 February 2018)
PEDro contains 38,976 records. In the 5 February 2018 update you will find: 30,754 reports of randomised controlled trials (29,967 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Online training in Portuguese for PEDro scale
Building on the success of the English version of the PEDro scale training program, we are pleased to announce that the Portuguese version of the program is now available. In…
PEDro update (8 January 2018)
PEDro contains 38,639 records. In the 8 January 2018 update you will find: 30,476 reports of randomised controlled trials (29,797 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
PEDro update (4 December 2017)
PEDro contains 38,466 records. In the 4 December 2017 update you will find: 30,346 reports of randomised controlled trials (29,692 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Umbrella review found that exercise therapy improves functional capacity and reduces disability in individuals with chronic disease
This umbrella review included 85 meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of exercise therapy on functional capacity in people with chronic disease. Exercise therapy was compared with no…
PEDro update (27 November 2017)
PEDro contains 38,212 records. In the 27 November 2017 update you will find: 30,155 reports of randomised controlled trials (29,490 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Quality of trials in musculoskeletal physiotherapy is suboptimal
An exploration of the methodological quality and completeness of statistical reporting of trials evaluating physiotherapy intervention for musculskeletal conditions has recently been published. A random sample of ~20% of musculoskeletal…