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Ianthe Boden wins PEDro prize for the best trial presented at WCPT 2019!
The PEDro prize is awarded to the person who presents the best report of a randomised controlled trial at the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) Congress. The award recognises…
WCPT’s highest global honour goes to Anne Moseley
Anne Moseley, co-founder of PEDro, received the Mildred Elson Award in the opening ceremony for World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) Congress 2019. The Mildred Elson Award is the highest…
PEDro update (3 June 2019)
PEDro contains 43,643 records. In the 3 June 2019 update you will find: 43,643 reports of randomised controlled trials (33,300 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
PEDro 10,000 searches per day milestone!
PEDro has reached a new record for the average number of searches performed every day. In March 2019 over 10,000 searches per day were conducted. To answer your clinical question…
13% of physiotherapy guidelines, reviews and trials include a plain-language summary
A plain-language summary is a short and clearly stated version of a study’s results using non-scientific vocabulary. These summaries are useful for both patients and clinicians in the process of…
Systematic review identifies 11 consistent recommendations in evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for musculoskeletal pain
This systematic review evaluated recommendations for high-quality care for common musculoskeletal pain sites treated in emergency departments and primary care. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for adult musculoskeletal pain that were…
Systematic review found that adding communication techniques did not improve objective physical activity measures in older people
This systematic review evaluated whether adding patient-therapist communication during physiotherapy treatment increased self-reported and objectively-measured physical activity levels in older adults. Randomised controlled trials and clinical controlled trials that investigated…
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – what is Marcelo Rieder reading?
Marcelo Rieder is physiotherapy team leader in the trauma intensive care unit at the Grupo Hospitalar Conceição and professor in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy at the Centro Universitário Metodista in Rio Grande…
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – how to search PEDro
PEDro is an excellent source of high-quality clinical research to answer clinical questions about the effects of physiotherapy interventions. We have put together 10 tips to help you get started…
Introducing the new PEDro logo
PEDro celebrates its 20th birthday in October 2019. To mark this important milestone we have decided to refresh the PEDro logo and web-site. The new logo is now being used,…
