Uma revisão sistemática constatou que intervenções baseadas em aplicativos podem reduzir a dor e melhorar a função física em adultos com osteoartrite, sem aumento significativo de eventos adversos
Introdução Esta revisão sistemática teve como objetivo estimar os efeitos de intervenções baseadas em aplicativos em comparação com o tratamento habitual ou a ausência de intervenção sobre a dor, a função física, a qualidade de vida, a segurança e o…
Celebrando 27 anos da PEDro
Estamos celebrando um marco importante: 27 anos da Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)! Há 27 anos, a PEDro ajuda fisioterapeutas, estudantes, educadores e pesquisadores de todo o mundo a encontrar e utilizar as melhores evidências disponíveis para embasar a prática da…
Systematic review found that app-based interventions can reduce pain and improve physical function in adults with osteoarthritis, with no significant increase in adverse events
Introduction This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of app-based interventions compared to usual care or no intervention on pain, physical function, quality of life, safety, and cost-effectiveness in people with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis affects approximately 528 million people globally….
Celebrating 27 years of PEDro
We are celebrating an exciting milestone – 27 years of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)! For 27 years, PEDro has been helping physiotherapists, students, educators and researchers around the world find and use the best available evidence to inform physiotherapy…
Agnes Wenham – Paediatric Pioneer
Agnes Wenham, a physiotherapist who trained in Sweden and England, was a well-known character in the profession, especially in Johannesburg, where she practised for many years. She moved to South Africa from the United Kingdom as a young woman and worked…
Olive Millard – An Extraordinary Life
It is rare to find physiotherapists writing about their experiences (Nicholls, 2021), which makes Olive Millard’s (1952) autobiography Under My Thumb so important. A summary of Millard’s professional career is written by Goldstone (2024) and is further summarised here: Becoming…
Ukraine’s Short History of Physical Therapy
Before the restoration of Ukraine’s Independence in 1991, rehabilitation occurred within the Soviet paradigm, which set itself in opposition to Western ideology – not out of rational consideration, but out of the need to be different. Some of the key…
Agradecemos aos moderadores do nosso grupo de avaliadores da PEDro no Facebook
A PEDro conta com o apoio de uma comunidade global de voluntários dedicados que, generosamente, oferecem seu tempo e conhecimento especializado para tornar mais acessíveis evidências de alta qualidade em fisioterapia. Nossa rede de avaliadores da PEDro abrange mais de…