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Translating rehabilitation knowledge in the age of AI – from machine automation to human excellence

Whilst artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming integrated into our daily lives, pitfalls in accuracy and nuance remain – precluding its use independently in technical translation work. But by combining the powers of highly efficient new “large language models” with…

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Physiotherapy First

The phrase, “Physiotherapy First” could be interpreted as a call-to-action to prioritize physical treatments over pharmacotherapy and surgery. Use of the phrase is likely presumed to reflect the modern physiotherapy profession’s progression into primary care, the growing physiotherapy research base…

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Join the Physiopedia team, our next intake is in September!

Are you passionate about having a long lasting impact on your profession? Physiopedia’s next Volunteer Orientation Course is starting on 2 September 2024 and this is your chance to join the team, share knowledge, learn new skills, expand your professional…

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New Graduates! Physiopedia has a discount for your new professional career!

At Physiopedia we recognise the amazing achievement of the world’s new physiotherapy and physical therapy graduates as well as how daunting it is to step into a new workplace and career. To celebrate all those finishing up their studies, throughout…

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Content on the German, Polish, Chinese, French language PEDro websites has now been updated! Thank you to our collaborators for kindly translating the content.

German: Cordula Braun and Stefan Hegenscheidt https://pedro.org.au/german/ Polish: Maciej Płaszewski, Weronika Krzepkowska, Zbigniew Wroński https://pedro.org.au/polish/ Chinese (simplified): Siya Zhao, Zixin Zhang, Qi Lu https://pedro.org.au/simplified-chinese/ French: Claudia Cote-Picard, Magda Costa Castany, François-Xavier Dessus, Guillaume Galliou, Matthieu Guemann, Erwan le Guenne, Elodie…

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Systematic review found that physiotherapy techniques improve pain, sexual function and quality of life of women with pain during or after sexual intercourse (dyspareunia).

This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of physiotherapy compared to pharmacological, psycho-behavioural or no intervention on intensity of perceived pain, sexual function and quality of life in women with dyspareunia. Five databases were searched from inception to May…

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O financiamento é vital para a sustentabilidade do PEDro

A PEDro tem orgulho de anunciar que a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy – CSP (Reino Unido) é um Parceiro Prata. Agradecemos à Sociedade Credenciada de Fisioterapia no Reino Unido que acaba de renovar sua parceria com o PEDro por mais…

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Thank you to our PEDro Supporters

Funding it vital to sustain PEDro. PEDro is proud to announce the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in the UK, is a Silver Partner, who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another 3 years. Our Bronze Partners, Physio Deutschland…

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To celebrate 25 years of PEDro, we explore the dynamic landscape of PEDro usage across the globe over the past 15 years.

This video highlights the top 10 countries annually from 2010 to 2024, with each country’s prominence depicted by varying shades of orange. Darker hues represent higher utilisation rates ranging from 25% to 30%, and the lightest tones signify usage of…

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