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Systematic review found that aerobic exercise during pregnancy may reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus and gestational hypertension. Interventions were varied and the certainty of the evidence was not assessed.

18/09/2023

Commonly occurring pregnancy complications include gestational diabetes mellitus and gestational hypertension. Evidence to date regarding the effects of exercise on pregnancy complications and outcomes is inconsistent. This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of …

Infographic: Systematic review found that home-based rehabilitation is not different from centre based rehabilitation for improving impairments and activity limitations in adults with stroke.

English blog, Infographics

12/09/2023

Last month we summarised the systematic review by Nascimento et al 2022. The review concluded that the location where exercises take place is less important than the amount and type of exercise. This may have …

Become a PEDro rater

Communication, English blog

10/09/2023

PEDro is unique. All randomised controlled trials indexed on PEDro are independently quality-rated by trained PEDro raters. All potential PEDro raters complete the PEDro training program on how to use the PEDro Scale. The program …

PEDro celebrates World PT Day!

Awareness campaigns, English blog

08/09/2023

September 8 marks #WorldPTDay. The theme for this year is arthritis and the role of physiotherapists. Physiotherapists play an important role in the prevention and management of people affected by arthritis. PEDro indexes the latest …

DiTA update (4 September 2023)

DiTA, English blog

06/09/2023

DiTA contains 2,430 records. In the 4 September 2023 update you will find: 2,161 reports of primary studies, and 269 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests …

PEDro update (4 September 2023)

English blog, Updates

05/09/2023

PEDro contains 59,914 records. In the 4 September 2023 update you will find: 45,879 Reports of randomised controlled trials (44,424 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 13,270 reports …

Next PEDro and DiTA updates (September 2023)

DiTA, English blog, Updates

31/08/2023

The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 4 September 2023.

Funding is vital to sustain PEDro

English blog, Supporters

29/08/2023

Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisations. We thank Félag Sjúkraþjálfara and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft who have renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.

Systematic review found that there were no differences between home-based exercise programs and centre-based exercise programs for improving upper-limb impairments and activity limitations in adults with stroke

English blog, Systematic reviews

21/08/2023

This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of home-based exercises compared to centre-based exercises on improving motor dexterity, recovery, strength, upper-limb movement performance, upper-limb movement quality and participation in people with acute to chronic …

Meet PEDro Brazil

Communication, English blog

14/08/202313/08/2023

PEDro satellite centres contribute to developing the PEDro and DiTA databases. Earlier this year the PEDro Steering committee announced the global expansion of the PEDro and DiTA databases and launched the PEDro satellite centres. The …

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