Physiotherapy Evidence Database

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

  1. ↑ Blobaum, Paul. "Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)". J Med Libr Assoc. 94 (4): 477–8. PMC 1629414.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
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