PEDro update (October 2021)
PEDro was updated on 15 October 2021. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
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Systematic review found that behaviour change interventions increase physical activity during admission in hospitalised patients
Admission to hospital for treatment of many health conditions is associated with impaired mobility and a period of bed rest that can lead to reduced physical activity. These low levels of physical activity observed during …
DiTA update (11 October 2021)
DiTA contains 2,238 records. In the 11 October 2021 update you will find: 2,010 reports of primary studies, and 228 reports of systematic reviews. dita.org.au
DiTA update (October 2021)
DiTA was updated on 11 October 2021. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (October 2021)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 11 October 2021. This is a week later than usual because of a public holiday in Australia.
Call for questions from physiotherapists working in oncology for “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
This month we invite physiotherapists to submit a clinical question related to oncology to the “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign. You can submit a question by: using a form on the PEDro web-site tagging us in …
“You Ask #PEDroAnswers” search tip #8 – If you get too few search results…
Throughout 2021 we are sharing some tips on how to use the PEDro Advanced Search. The eighth tip is “If you get too few search results …”. Let’s use this PICO (Patient-Intervention-Comparator-Outcome) question to illustrate …
Infographic for systematic review that found exercise prehabilitation increases preoperative functional capacity and decreases postoperative hospital length of stay in people undergoing surgery for abdominal cancer
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Waterland et al. The review concluded that exercise prehabilitation, particularly multimodal approaches, improves preoperative functional capacity and reduces postoperative hospital length of stay in people undergoing surgery …
Systematic review found that rehabilitation could enable recovery from COVID-19
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Physiotherapy consensus guidelines were quickly developed to guide acute respiratory management for those with COVID-19. When managing a new disease like …
PEDro now contains 52,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 52,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro.
