PEDro contains 44,926 records. In the 8 October 2019 update you will find: 35,088 reports of randomised controlled trials (34,278 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 9,182 reports …
Earlier this year a study assessed the accuracy of abstracts of articles reporting the results of randomised controlled trials evaluating physiotherapy interventions for low back pain. The main findings were that abstracts were often incomplete, …
This systematic review compared neuromuscular training to any other intervention for preventing anterior cruciate injury in female athletes. Women were the focus of this evaluation because they are about three times more likely than men …
Cornelia A Barth is a physiotherapist with Master of Science qualifications from University College London. She spent the last decade in humanitarian missions in countries in Africa and the Middle East. Cornelia is currently the …
One of issues that has prompted statisticians and journals to call for the use of significance testing and hypothesis testing to be discontinued is that p-values are not replicable. That is, if you repeat an …
World Physical Therapy Day was on 8 September, the theme for 2019 is chronic pain. Chronic pain is a significant global health burden. It is estimated that 1.5 billion people, around 20% of the world’s …
PEDro contains 44,597 records. In the 2 September 2019 update you will find: 34,835 reports of randomised controlled trials (34,015 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 9,089 reports …
A Research Note published in the latest issue of the Journal of Physiotherapy argues the case for moving away from significance tests and hypothesis tests in health research. The central reason is that p-values and …
This systematic review evaluated how different types and intensities of exercise compared against different classes and doses of antihypertensive medications in lowering systolic blood pressure levels. The review included randomised controlled trials that were conducted …
One of the United Nation’s ‘Sustainable Development Goals of 2030’ is gender equality. The focus is on equitable access to economic independence, technology, education, as well as general and reproductive healthcare for all. The Lancet …
