PEDroCast is the official podcast of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro).
Launched on 8 April 2025, PEDroCast showcases interviews with physiotherapists from around the world, PEDro World-Wide Journal Club summaries and discussions, systematic review summaries, information to inform evidence-based practice, and PEDro’s Top 25 Trials.
PEDroCast is currently available on Spotify, Amazon Music and iHeart Radio.
To celebrate World Physiotherapy Day 2026, Courtney West and Josh Herbert from PEDro's Education and Training Committee sat down with A/Prof Natalie Fini (University of Melbourne) to talk about this year's theme of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Natalie is a researcher and physiotherapist in stroke recovery and rehabilitation and also helped to develop this year's World Physiotherapy Day toolkit.
Resources listed in this podcast
– Fit 4 Me After Stroke:
– FAME: Fitness and Mobility Exercise program for stroke and neurofitness
– Australian and New Zealand Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management
– Physical Activity Routines After Stroke (PARAS)
– PEDro's Evidence in your inbox
Papers
- Dalton EJ, et al. (2026) Recent highlights in motor recovery and rehabilitation research after stroke. Journal of Physiotherapy. 72(3): 179-189. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphys.2026.06.005
- Peters S, et al. (2025) Safety and effectiveness of the Walk ‘n Watch structured, progressive exercise protocol delivered by physical therapists for inpatient stroke rehabilitation in Canada: a phase 3, multisite,pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology. 24(8): 643-655. DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00201-7
