Evidence for physiotherapy practice: a survey of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro).

By A. Moseley, R. Herbert, Catherine Sherrington, Christopher G. Maher. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 2002

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Exercise Training for Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis (2013, methodology): “Study quality was evaluated according to the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale.(15) However, we regarded participant and therapist blinding and allocation concealment as practical, so the maximum number of points possible was 8.”
What Is the Evidence for Physical Therapy Poststroke? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2014, neutral): “The PEDro checklist was used to assess the risk of bias in the included RCTs [24,25].”
Comparison of Pharmaceutical, Psychological, and Exercise Treatments for Cancer-Related Fatigue A Meta-analysis (2017, positive): “The PEDro scale (range, 0-12, with 12 indicating highest quality) accounts for unique issues regardingblindingof theparticipant, assessor, or therapist in behavioral trials.(42-44)Delineationof exercise interventions as aerobic, anaerobic, or both and psychological interventionsascognitivebehavioral”
Strength and Hypertrophy Adaptations Between Low- vs. High-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2017, methodology): “Study quality was evaluated by use of the 11-point Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale, which has been shown to be a valid measure of the methodologic quality of randomized trials (13) and displays acceptable interrater reliability (33).”