Physiotherapy Evidence Database
| Content | |
|---|---|
| Data types captured | Randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and clinical practice guidelines |
| Contact | |
| Research center | George Institute for Global Health |
| Release date | October 1999 |
| Access | |
| Website | http://www.pedro.org.au/ |
The Physiotherapy Evidence Database, abbreviated PEDro, is a bibliographic database containing randomized trials, clinical practice guidelines and systematic reviews in the field of physical therapy.[1] It was established in October 1999 and is maintained by the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy at the George Institute for Global Health.[2] As of August 2009, there were more than 15,000 entries indexed on PEDro.[3]
Scale
The website also uses a scale, known as the PEDro scale, to assess the quality of randomized trials included in the database.[2] Trials with higher PEDro scores are displayed first in PEDro search results.[3] A 2010 study found preliminary evidence that this scale, as well as eight of its ten individual items, had validity.[4]
References
- ↑ Blobaum, Paul. "Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)". J Med Libr Assoc. 94 (4): 477–8. PMC 1629414
. - 1 2 Moseley, Anne M; Herbert, Robert D; Sherrington, Catherine; Maher, Christopher G (2002). "Evidence for physiotherapy practice: A survey of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)". Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 48 (1): 43–49. doi:10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60281-6.
- 1 2 Sherrington, C.; Moseley, A. M.; Herbert, R. D.; Elkins, M. R.; Maher, C. G. (20 October 2009). "Ten years of evidence to guide physiotherapy interventions: Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 44 (12): 836–837. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.066357.
- ↑ Macedo, Luciana Gazzi; Elkins, Mark R.; Maher, Christopher G.; Moseley, Anne M.; Herbert, Robert D.; Sherrington, Catherine (August 2010). "There was evidence of convergent and construct validity of Physiotherapy Evidence Database quality scale for physiotherapy trials". Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 63 (8): 920–925. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.10.005.