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In a new podcast Sallie Lamb, Head of the Rehabilitation Research Group at NDORMS talks about SARAH, the Strengthening and Stretching for Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand Trial.

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The trial has been identified as one of the five most important randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy published in the last 5 years by PEDro (which stands for Physiotherapy Evidence Database).The trials were nominated by PEDro users and an independent panel of international trialists to celebrate PEDro's 20th birthday. Listen to Sallie's podcast here

Entitled 'Exercises to Improve function of the Rheumatoid Hand' (SARAH), the trial appeared in the Lancet in January 2015.

PEDro is a free database of over 45,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. It is produced by the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Public Health at the University of Sydney and is hosted by Neuroscience Research Australia and can be found at: https://www.pedro.org.au/