Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation · Evidence-based
Rehabilitation knowledge you can check for yourself.
Evidence-based resources from Dr Dharam Pandey and the Physiotherapist India team. Every clinical page names its author, names the clinician who reviewed it, states how strong the evidence is — and links to the primary sources so you can read them yourself.
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Three ways in, one library
The same evidence, pitched for who you are. We don't keep separate patient and clinician versions competing with each other — depth is layered inside each page.
For Clinicians
Practising physiotherapists and rehabilitation professionals.
- Assessment and outcome measures
- Differential diagnosis
- Protocols and modalities
- What the evidence does not support
For Patients & Caregivers
Plain-language explanations for people living with a condition, and the people helping them.
- What the condition is, in plain words
- What rehabilitation actually involves
- What recovery realistically looks like
- When to seek urgent assessment
For Students & Faculty
Foundations, practical skills and the evidence skills nobody teaches well.
- Applied anatomy and biomechanics
- Examination and handling skills
- OSCE and viva preparation
- Reading a trial, PEDro and GRADE
Why you can trust it
Every guide published by the Physiotherapist India Team carries the same contract
Not a promise in an "about" page — a set of things printed on the page itself, where they can be checked.
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A named authorWith stated qualifications and named affiliation. The Physiotherapist India Team does not publish anonymous clinical content.
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An independent reviewerClinical guides name a second qualified clinician who is not the author. Curriculum and study resources are reviewed by the Physiotherapist India review team, and say so. Every page states which applies.
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An evidence gradeHow strong the evidence actually is, using GRADE — including when it is weak.
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Review datesWhen it was last reviewed and when the next review is due. Overdue pages say so.
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Working citationsClaims referenced to primary literature, with live DOI or PubMed links.
What a clinical page tells you before you read a word of it
Where a page carries no reviewer line, review is outstanding — not skipped silently. We would rather show you the gap than imply it isn't there.
What we publish
Four kinds of resource
Built to the same template every time, so you always know where to look.
Condition guides
What it is, how it's assessed, what physiotherapy involves, what the evidence supports — and what it doesn't.
Clinical resources
Indications, technique and parameters, contraindications, and an honest appraisal of the evidence behind them.
Outcome measures
Purpose, population, administration, scoring, MCID and MDC, and the psychometrics behind each instrument.
Learning modules
Objectives, worked examples and self-tests for students, faculty and anyone returning to a topic.
Browse the library
Every page names who wrote it and who checked it
Three sections, built to the same contract. Nothing appears in any of them until a second clinician has read it.
Condition guides
37 guides across neurological, musculoskeletal and spinal, cardiopulmonary, pelvic health and paediatrics — what the condition is, what rehabilitation involves, and what the evidence does not support.
Clinical library
26 resources and 140 verified sources for practising clinicians: 16 outcome measures, 6 electrophysical agents, and 4 pages on clinical reasoning and red flags.
Student library
13 resources and 59 verified sources on evidence skills, practical skills, the OSCE, placement and careers — written to give the exam answer and the honest answer side by side.
Who writes and reviews this
Dr Dharam Pandey and the clinical team
Director & Head of Department, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Manipal Hospitals, Dwarka, New Delhi · Founder and Chairman & Managing Director, APARC Health & Motion
Clinical content here is authored by named clinicians of the Physiotherapist India Team and reviewed before publication by a second named clinician, with Dr Dharam Pandey as Chief Editor. Where he is the author, a different named clinician reviews it — no one reviews their own work, and every clinical page carries both names. This is a personal professional platform: it is not published by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Manipal Hospitals.
Looking for treatment?
Physiotherapist India explains. It does not treat.
There is no booking, no consultation and no clinical service on this website — deliberately. The Physiotherapist India Team publishes what the evidence supports and what it does not; if you need assessment or rehabilitation, take it to a qualified physiotherapist who can examine you.
Where we draw the line
What the Physiotherapist India Team will not do
Worth saying plainly, because a lot of health content does the opposite.
- No paid placements, sponsored posts or paid links in clinical content.
- No superlatives — no "best", "leading" or "number one" about any provider.
- No treatment claims the cited evidence does not support.
- No individual clinical advice through this website.
- No patient testimonials, star ratings or promotional claims.
- No page published on AI-generated content alone — every clinical claim is verified by a named clinician.