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Descriptions of interventions in physiotherapy trials are typically incomplete
A survey of a random sample of 200 physiotherapy trials indexed on PEDro has revealed that the descriptions of physiotherapy interventions are typically incomplete. The survey, published in Physiotherapy, used…
PEDro update (4 April 2016)
PEDro contains 33,045 records. In the 4 April 2016 update you will find: 26,358 reports of randomised controlled trials (25,662 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
PEDro podcast
Anne Moseley and Rob Herbert recorded a podcast about PEDro at the Australian Physiotherapy Association CONNECT 2015 conference. To listen to the podcast visit https://soundcloud.com/aus-physio-assoc/physiotherapy-research-with-dr-anne-moseley-and-professor-rob-herbert
PEDro update (7 March 2016)
PEDro contains 32,802 records. In the 7 March 2016 update you will find: 26,163 reports of randomised controlled trials (25,450 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
PEDro update (1 February 2016)
PEDro contains 32,263 records. In the 1 February 2016 update you will find: 25,794 reports of randomised controlled trials (25.079 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
You can now save your search results on PEDro
It is now possible to save your search results in RIS (Research Information Systems) format on PEDro. RIS files can be imported into most referencing software (including EndNote). The steps…
PEDro update (4 January 2016)
PEDro contains 32,263 records. In the 4 January 2016 update you will find: 25,794 reports of randomised controlled trials (25,079 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
The German version of the PEDro scale is reliable
A paper evaluating the inter-rater and parallel forms reliability of the German version of the PEDro scale has recently been published. The reference is: Moseley A, Costa LOP, Hegenscheidt S….
PEDro usage in Brazil
A paper describing PEDro usage in Brazil has recently been published. The reference is: Elkins MR, Moseley AM, Pinto RZ. Usage evaluation of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) among Brazilian…
PEDro update (7 December 2015)
PEDro contains 32,069 records. In the 7 December 2015 update you will find: 25,655 reports of randomised controlled trials (24,990 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
