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PEDro usage in Brazil

A paper describing PEDro usage in Brazil has recently been published. The reference is:

Elkins MR, Moseley AM, Pinto RZ. Usage evaluation of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) among Brazilian physical therapists. Braz J Phys Ther 2015 Jul-Aug;19(4):320-8

Brazil is a prominent user of PEDro, always being in the top 3 countries for PEDro usage. This paper describes PEDro usage within Brazil. Brazilian physiotherapists do an average of 1 PEDro search/year. Usage was highest in the states of Ceará and Piauí, with 1.29 searches per physiotherapist/year.

BJPT abstract

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