Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Up to half of colorectal cancer survivors report cancer-related fatigue, a debilitating and often long-term symptom impacting health-related quality of life and activity participation. . …
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Radaelli R et al. The review concluded that exercise interventions provide small improvements in both morphological and neuromuscular muscle quality compared to control. Some findings are included …
Welcome to the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club. The purpose of the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club is to encourage the global physiotherapy community to read trials, reviews and guidelines that have important implications for clinical practice. …
Lack of time is the most common barrier to evidence-based physiotherapy. Many factors contribute to this, including a high workload, competing priorities, efficiency in all 5 steps of evidence-based physiotherapy (Ask, Acquire, Appraise, Apply, Assess), …
Thank you to Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Združenje Fizioterapevtov Slovenije, Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas, Associação Espanola de Fisioterapeutas, Physiotherapeuten-Verband Liechtenstein who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
DiTA contains 2,366 records. In the 4 July 2022 update you will find: 2,117 reports of primary studies, and 249 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests …
PEDro contains 55,567 records. In the 4 July 2022 update you will find: 42,493 Reports of randomised controlled trials (41,641 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 12,353 reports …
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 4 July 2022.
Evidence-based practice enables optimal patient care through the application of high-quality research. Searching for high-quality research to answer clinical questions is a fundamental skill in the implementation of evidence-based physiotherapy. In 2021 PEDro ran a …
Muscle quality maintenance or improvement is important for older adults to preserve or enhance physical function and metabolic health. There is conflicting evidence on whether exercise interventions improve morphological muscle quality (structure) and neuromuscular muscle …
