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3 hours ago · The PEDro scale is a checklist of 11 criteria that can be used to rate the quality of randomised trials. It covers aspects such as eligibility, allocation, blinding, follow-up and analysis of trials.
The purpose of the PEDro scale is to help the users of the PEDro database rapidly identify which of the known or suspected randomised clinical trials (ie RCTs or CCTs) archived on the PEDro database are likely to be internally valid (criteria 2-9), and could have sufficient statistical information to make their results interpretable (criteria 10...
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Jan 18, 2020 · The PEDro scale assists readers to quickly assess whether a clinical trial presents reliable and meaningful results for use in clinical practice. 6 The database classifies clinical trials only and scores them by adding the number of items on the scale (0-10) that have been met. Reviews and guidelines do not receive a score.
- Areolino Pena Matos, Maycon Sousa Pegorari
- 2020
3 hours ago · PEDro is a free database of over 61,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions. It uses the PEDro scale to rate the quality of trials and guide users to the most valid and useful studies.
Nov 30, 2019 · This paper describes the PEDro scale, PEDro contents, who uses PEDro, searching, browsing the latest content, and developing skills in evidence-based physical therapy. Strategies specifically developed to break down barriers for Portuguese-speaking physical therapists are emphasized. Results.
Mar 31, 2022 · The Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale is one of the most frequently used scales aimed to assess the methodological quality of RCTs in systematic reviews of interventions in physiotherapy and other fields, including medicine, nutrition and speech pathology [ 1 ].
- Matteo Paci, Claudio Bianchini, Marco Baccini
- Arch Physiother. 2022; 12: 10.
- 10.1186/s40945-022-00133-6
- 2022
Background: The Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale ratings are used to rank search results in the PEDro evidence resource ( www.pedro.org.au) and evaluate the methodological quality (completeness of reporting and risk of bias) of trial reports included in systematic reviews.
