‘Essays on Massage History 1750 – 1950’: Book Review
As an adjunct health service or a junior partner to medicine, massage has oft lacked respect. So much so, that even its own history has remained poorly understood. Massage needed someone to come along to provide intellectual rigour to its…
Animal Physiotherapy
Animal physiotherapy began with surprising enthusiasm, supported from its earliest days by none other than Lord Mountbatten (1939). It began to gain recognition and caught the attention of visionary therapists and forward-thinking institutions who believed that animals, too, could benefit…
Systematic review found that balance training and aquatic activity had greatest improvement in dynamic balance in post-stroke patients compared to other rehabilitation exercise programs.
This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effects of rehabilitation exercise programs on dynamic balance in people more than 6 months post-stroke. Recovery of balance and postural control after stroke is a major predictor of disability as it directly affects…
A Royal Charter
The original roots of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) in the United Kingdom date back to the foundation of the Society of Trained Masseuses (STM) in 1894. In 1900, the Society was incorporated by the Board of Trade by Licence…
DiTA update (7 July 2025)
DiTA contains 2521 records. In the July 7 2025 update you will find: 2232 reports of primary studies, and 289 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in…
Atualização do DiTA (7 de julho de 2025)
O DiTA possui 2521 registros. Na última atualização do dia 7 de julho de 2025 você encontrará: 2232 estudos de acurácia diagnóstica 289 revisões sistemáticas. Acesse Evidência no seu e-mail para os mais recentes estudos originais e revisões sistemáticas de estudos…
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month 2025
This month is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month. Juvenile arthritis is an umbrella term used for paediatric rheumatic disease, it is an autoimmune condition affecting 1 in 1000 children worldwide. The most common type is juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but the term…
Artrite Juvenil em Julho de 2025
Artrite juvenil é um termo guarda-chuva utilizado para descrever condições reumáticas em populações pediátricas. A artrite juvenil é uma condição auto-imune que afeta 1 em cada 1000 crianças mundialmente. A forma mais comum é a artrite juvenil idiopática, mas os…
PEDro update (7 July 2025)
PEDro contains 65,600 records. In this update you will find: 49,180 reports of randomised controlled trials (48,077 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 15,594 reports of systematic reviews, and 826 reports of evidence-based…
Atualização do PEDro (7 de julho de 2025)
O PEDro possui 65600 registros. Nesta atualização você encontrará: 49180 ensaios clínicos (48077 com avaliação da qualidade metodológica pela escala PEDro confirmada) 15594 revisões sistemáticas 826 diretrizes de prática clínica. Acesse Evidência no seu e-mail para as mais recentes diretrizes de…