A paper evaluating 33 evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for chronic respiratory diseases relevant to physiotherapy with the AGREE II instrument has recently been published. The domains with the highest scores were scope and purpose (79%) …
In this Cochrane review, the authors included 33 randomised controlled trials, involving 1,853 adults who have suffered a stroke. Trials of repetitive task training were considered eligible if the RRT intervention comprised an active motor …
PEDro contains 35,407 records. In the 9 January 2017 update you will find: 28,063 reports of randomised controlled trials (27,414 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 6,740 reports …
In this new systematic review, the authors included 5 studies (4 cluster randomised controlled trials and 1 cohort study) that investigated injury prevention programs that included the Nordic Hamstring exercise on the hamstring injury rate …
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new and enhanced version of the PEDro scale training program. In this online training we provide a definition and detailed description, relevant references and answer frequently …
PEDro contains 35,229 records. In the 5 December 2016 update you will find: 27,940 reports of randomised controlled trials (27,253 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 6,687 reports …
In this updated review, the authors included 88 trials (n=19,478 participants) which tested the effect of exercise to prevent falls in older people. Exercise reduced the rate of falls in community dwelling older people by …
PEDro contains 34,984 records. In the 7 November 2016 update you will find: 27,780 reports of randomised controlled trials (27,063 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 6,609 reports …
A paper evaluating 210 articles reporting the results of musculoskeletal physiotherapy trials has just been published. Trials that received grant funding were more likely to have multiple departments in the research team, a larger sample …
Eight articles were included in this systematic review (n=180 participants). Six studies were randomised controlled trials and 2 studies were single group intervention studies. Participants’ ages ranged from 32 to 54 years. The studies included …
