World COPD Day – November 19, 2025
World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. This year’s theme is “Short of breath, think COPD”. COPD is one of…
Royal Central Institute for Gymnastics
In the early 1800s as the Napoleonic Wars were reshaping the European map. Sweden had Finland and its’ eastern provinces ceded to Russia, and to the west the Swedish-Norwegian union occurred. It was shock to the previously dominant nation. The…
Molly Levy – Mother of South African Physiotherapy
Integrity, exactitude, knowledge and wisdom, are appropriate adjectives for Molly Levy, foremost among the women who might qualify for the title “Mother of South African Physiotherapy” Like many South Africans in the early years of the profession, Kate Molly Levy…
King Kellgren: The Father of Manual Therapy
In a newly published book, titled The Lost Origins of Osteopathy and Chiropractic in European Mechanical Medicine and Physical Education, C. 1800-1950 author Anders Ottosson argues that osteopathy, chiropractic, orthopaedic medicine and orthopaedic manual physical therapy all have a common…
Call for PEDro Representatives: Help shape the future of physiotherapy evidence
The Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) is the world’s leading resource for physiotherapy evidence. For more than two decades, PEDro has provided clinicians, researchers and students with rapid access to high-quality, curated research to support evidence-based practice. We are now seeking…
Earthquake in Pakistan
On the 20th Anniversary, a review of the impact of the 2005 earthquake on the physiotherapy profession in Pakistan. On 8 October 2005 an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 points on the Richter scale shook the hills and mountains of Azad…
PEDro update (6 October 2025)
PEDro contains 66,367 records. In this update you will find: 49,591 reports of randomised controlled trials (48,573 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 15,942 reports of systematic reviews, and 834 reports of evidence-based…
Atualização do PEDro (6 de outubro de 2025)
O PEDro possui 66367 registros. Nesta atualização você encontrará: 49591 ensaios clínicos (48573 com avaliação da qualidade metodológica pela escala PEDro confirmada) 15942 revisões sistemáticas 834 diretrizes de prática clínica. Acesse Evidência no seu e-mail para as mais recentes diretrizes de…
Help PEDro Keep Delivering World-Class Physiotherapy Evidence!
For 25 years, PEDro has been the go-to resource for physiotherapists worldwide, offering free access to the latest research and evidence that improve patient outcomes. But with the growing volume of physiotherapy evidence, we need your support to continue providing…