Physical Therapy ResearchInstructions to Authors
Aims and Scope
Manuscript Types
Journal & Ethics Policies
Peer Review Process
Copyright, Open Access and Fees
Manuscript Submission
Manuscript Preparation
Accepted Manuscripts
Contact

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Aims and Scope
Physical Therapy Research is an Open Access journal that aims to foster important
advances in physical therapy. The journal publishes a comprehensive and dynamic arrayof peer-reviewed articles and materials that are of interest to our broad global audienceof researchers, practitioners, continuing-education students, and those interested in thefield. The article types include Original Articles, Case Studies, Brief Reports, Reviews, andmore.
An official journal of the Japanese Society of Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy Researchis published three times a year. The journal is free to access for all readers and free topublish for most authors.

Manuscript Types
The journal welcomes a range of manuscript types, all of which are subject to peer review.
Original Articles
Novel and original articles that clearly present scientific conclusions. Study protocols areincluded here.
Case Studies
Articles that describe scientific studies and/or discussions regarding clinical problems
and case treatment results.
Case Reports
Articles that describe new findings, adverse effects, unusual complications, and new
hypotheses.

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Brief Reports
Short study articles that make concise statements in terms of quick announcements orbrief study reports.
Others
Articles and reports deemed appropriate for publication by the Editorial Board, such as
Systematic Reviews, Clinical Notes, Professional Reports, and Perspectives.
Clinical notes are objective presentations and discussions of treatments and transitions incases. Professional reports present specific and objective information regarding newschemes, interventions, results, and so on from physical therapy studies, education, or
clinical practice, with the content of such reports having been deemed beneficial.
Word allowances
Original Articles, Case Studies, Systematic Reviews
Brief Reports
All other articles

10 typeset pages or 5,250 words
6 typeset pages or 3,250 words
8 typeset pages or 4,250 words

Each word limit includes the abstract, main text, figures and references. A figure size of
1/3 of a printed page corresponds to approximately 200 words.

Journal & Ethics Policies
Physical Therapy Research upholds the highest standards in scholarly publishing. Before
submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors must ensure that they have read andcomplied with the journal’s policies. The journal reserves the right to reject without
review, or retract, any manuscript that the Editor-in-Chief believes may not comply withthese policies.
The responsibilities of the journal’s authors, editors, reviewers and publisher regarding
research and publication ethics are described in full below.
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript has not been previously published(in part or in whole, in any language), is not in press, and is not under consideration for
publication elsewhere.
Authors must inform the editors if any related manuscripts are under consideration, inpress or published elsewhere. The availability of a manuscript on a publicly accessible
preprint server does not constitute prior publication (see ‘Preprints’).
If authors choose to submit their manuscript elsewhere before a final decision has been
made on its suitability for publication in the journal, they should first withdraw it fromthe journal.

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Submission
The journal welcomes manuscript submissions from members and non-members of theJapanese Society of Physical Therapy based anywhere in the world.
Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies that all authors: have approved it,
warrant it is factual, have agreed to its submission, and have the right to publish it.
Originality
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript is original work. The journal uses
Crossref’s Similarity Check plagiarism software to screen manuscripts for unoriginalcontent. By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors agree to this screening.
Any manuscript with an unacceptable level of unoriginal material may be rejected or
retracted at the Editor-in-Chief’s discretion.
Preprints
To support the wide dissemination of research, the journal encourages authors to post
their research manuscripts on community-recognized preprint servers, either before oralongside submission to the journal. This policy applies only to the original version of amanuscript that describes primary research. Any version of a manuscript that has beenrevised in response to reviewers’ comments, accepted for publication or published in thejournal should not be posted on a preprint server. Instead, forward links to the publishedmanuscript may be posted on the preprint server.
Authors should retain copyright in their work when posting to a preprint server.
Scooping
When assessing the novelty of a manuscript submitted to the journal, the editors will not
be influenced by other manuscripts that are posted on community-recognized preprint
servers after the date of submission to the journal (or after the date of posting on a
preprint server, if the manuscript is submitted to the journal within 4 months).
Authorship
List as few author names as possible in the order of magnitude of their contribution to thestudy/writing.
Submission to the journal implies that all authors have seen and approved the author list.
Changes to the author list after manuscript submission – such as the insertion or removal
of author names, or a rearrangement of author order – must be approved by all authors
and the editor.
Authors are encouraged to consider the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations on ‘Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors’.
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The ICMJE recommends that authorship is based on four criteria: making a substantial
contribution to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis orinterpretation of data for the work; drafting the manuscript or revising it critically forimportant intellectual content; approving the final version of the manuscript for
publication; and agreeing to be held accountable for all aspects of the work.
Any contributor who has met all four criteria should be an author on the manuscript.
Contributors who do not meet all four criteria should not be authors of the manuscript
but may be included in the Acknowledgments section instead.
Data falsification, data fabrication and image integrity
Authors must not falsify or fabricate data. Authors may digitally manipulate or process
images, but only if the adjustments are kept to a minimum, are applied to the entire image,meet community standards, and are clearly described in the manuscript. All images in amanuscript must accurately reflect the original data on which they are based. Authors
must not move, remove, add or enhance individual parts of an image. The editors reserve
the right to request original, unprocessed images from the authors. Failure to provide
requested images may result in a manuscript being rejected or retracted.
Reproducing copyrighted material
If a manuscript includes material that is not under the authors’ own copyright, the authors
must obtain permission from the copyright holder(s) to reproduce it.
If a manuscript includes previously published material, the authors must obtain
permission from the copyright owners and the publisher of the original work to
reproduce it. The authors must cite the original work in their manuscript.
Copies of all reproduction permissions must be included with the manuscript when it isfirst submitted.
Availability of data and materials
Authors must disclose the source of publicly available data and materials, such as public
repositories or commercial manufacturers, by including accession numbers or company
details in their manuscript, as appropriate.
Authors may make their own data and materials available in Supplementary Material, or
by linking from their manuscript to relevant community-recognized public databases ordigital repositories. All data sets must be made available in full to the editors andreviewers during the peer review process, and must be made publicly available by thedate of publication. Authors commit to preserving their data sets for at least three years
from the date of publication in the journal.

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The journal encourages authors to grant reasonable requests from colleagues to shareany data, materials and experimental protocols described in their manuscript.
Research ethics
Authors of manuscripts describing experiments involving humans or materials derived
from humans must demonstrate that the work was carried out in accordance with theprinciples embodied in the Declaration of Helsinki, its revisions, and any guidelines
approved by the authors’ institutions. Where relevant, the authors must include astatement in their manuscript that describes the procedures for obtaining informed
consent from participants regarding participation in the research and publication of theresearch.
Authors of manuscripts describing experiments involving animals or materials derived
from animals must demonstrate that the work was carried out in accordance with theguidelines approved by the authors’ institution(s).
For either or both cases, as relevant, the name of the ethics committee and theacknowledgment number (or date of acknowledgment) must be provided in the Methods
section. If approval has not been provided by an ethics committee, please state this fact.
Clinical trial registration
The journal adheres to the ICMJE policy on Clinical Trials Registration, which
recommends that all clinical trials are registered in a public trials registry at or before thetime of first patient enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication.
Manuscripts describing clinical trials must include the registration number of the trial andthe name of the trial registry.
Reporting guidelines
The journal requires authors to follow the EQUATOR Network’s Reporting Guidelines forhealth research. Study types covered by these guidelines include, but are not limited to,
randomized trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, case reports, qualitative
research, diagnostic and prognostic studies, economic evaluations, animal pre-clinicalstudies and study protocols.
Author competing interests and conflicts of interest
In the interests of transparency, the journal requires all authors to declare any competingor conflicts of interest in relation to their submitted manuscript. A conflict of interest
exists when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstances that could influence anauthor’s ability to conduct or report research impartially. Potential conflicts include (butare not limited to) competing commercial or financial interests, commercial affiliations,consulting roles, or ownership of stock or equity. Manuscripts must be compliant with the
ICMJE standards on this matter.

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Confidentiality
The journal maintains the confidentiality of all unpublished manuscripts. By submitting
their manuscript to the journal, the authors warrant that they will keep all
correspondence about their manuscript (from the Editorial Office, editors and reviewers)
strictly confidential.
Self-archiving (Green Open Access) policy
Self-archiving, also known as Green Open Access, enables authors to deposit a copy of
their manuscript in an online repository. The journal encourages authors of original
research manuscripts to upload their article to an institutional or public repository
immediately after publication in the journal.
Long-term digital archiving
J-STAGE preserves its full digital library, including the journal, with Portico in a darkarchive (see https://www.portico.org/publishers/jstage/). In the event that the material
becomes unavailable at J-STAGE, it will be released and made available by Portico.
Advertising
The journal does not accept advertising on its article or other pages, or the journal
website.

Peer Review Process
Editorial and peer review process
The journal uses double-anonymized peer review. When a manuscript is submitted to thejournal, it is assigned to the Editor-in-Chief, who performs initial screening. Manuscriptsthat do not fit the journal’s scope or are not deemed suitable for publication are rejectedwithout review. The Editor-in-Chief assigns each of the remaining manuscripts to an
Editorial Board member and a reviewer according to the field of the manuscript, who
undertake peer review.
Once the Editorial Board and the reviewer have completed the review, the Editorial Boardand the Editorial Board Leader of the relevant field hold a discussion and make an initialdecision on whether the manuscript requires revision. Authors who are asked to revise
their manuscript must do so within two months, otherwise it may be treated as a newsubmission. The Editorial Board member may send revised manuscripts to peer
reviewers for their feedback or may use his or her own judgement to assess how well theauthors have responded to the comments on the original manuscript. The Editorial Board
member then makes a recommendation to the Editorial Board Leader, who makes the
final decision on the manuscript’s suitability for publication in the journal. The Editor-inChief acts as an arbitrator when necessary.

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Reviewer selection, timing and suggestions
Reviewers are selected based on their expertise in the field, reputation, recommendation
by others, and/or previous experience as peer reviewers for the journal. Reviewers are
asked to submit their first review within 3 weeks of accepting the invitation to review.
Reviewers who anticipate any delays should inform the Editorial Office as soon as
possible.
When submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors may suggest reviewers that theywould like included in or excluded from the peer review process. The Editorial Board
member or Editor-in-Chief may consider these suggestions but are under no obligation tofollow them.
Reviewer reports
It is the journal’s policy to transmit reviewers’ comments to the authors in their originalform. However, the journal reserves the right to edit reviewers’ comments, without
consulting the reviewers, if they contain offensive language, confidential information or
explicit recommendations for publication.
Acceptance criteria
If a manuscript satisfies the journal’s requirements and represents a significant
contribution to the published literature, the Editorial Board member may recommend
acceptance for publication in the journal.
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technically rigorous
novel and originalimportant to the fieldwithin the subject area of the journal’s scopewell-constructed and writtenof high interest to the journal’s audience

If a manuscript does not meet the journal’s requirements for acceptance or revision, theEditorial Board member may recommend rejection.
Editorial independence
The Japanese Society of Physical Therapy has granted the journal’s Editorial Board
complete and sole responsibility for all editorial decisions. The Society will not become
involved in editorial decisions, except in cases of a fundamental breakdown of process.
Editorial decisions are based only on a manuscript’s scientific merit and are kept
completely separate from the journal’s other interests. The authors’ ability to pay any
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publication charges has no bearing on whether a manuscript is accepted for publicationin the journal.
Appeals
Authors who believe that an editorial decision has been made in error may lodge anappeal with the Editorial Office. Appeals are only considered if the authors provide
detailed evidence of a misunderstanding or mistake by a reviewer or editor. Appeals are
considered carefully by the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final. The guidelines of theCommittee on Publication Ethics (COPE) are followed where and when relevant.
Confidentiality in peer review
The journal maintains the confidentiality of all unpublished manuscripts. Editors andreviewers will not:1. disclose a reviewer’s identity unless the reviewer makes a reasonable request forsuch disclosure
2. discuss the manuscript or its contents with anyone not directly involved with themanuscript or its peer review
3. use any data or information from the manuscript in their own work or publications
4. use information obtained from the peer review process to provide an advantage
to themselves or anyone else, or to disadvantage any individual or organization.
In addition, reviewers will not reveal their identity to any of the authors of the manuscript
or involve anyone else in the review (for example, a post-doc or PhD student) without
first receiving permission from the Editor.
Editor and reviewer conflicts of interest in peer review
A conflict of interest exists when there are actual, perceived or potential circumstancesthat could influence an editor or reviewer’s ability to act impartially when assessing amanuscript. Such circumstances might include having a personal or professional
relationship with an author, working on the same topic or in direct competition with anauthor, having a financial stake in the work or its publication, or having seen previous
versions of the manuscript.
Reviewers and members of the journal’s Editorial Board undertake to declare any
conflicts of interest when handling manuscripts. An editor or reviewer who declares a
conflict of interest is unassigned from the manuscript in question and is replaced by a new
editor or reviewer.
The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board members try to avoid conflicts of interest wheninviting reviewers, but it is not always possible to identify potential bias.
Errata and retractions

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The journal recognizes the importance of maintaining the integrity of published literature.
A published article that contains an error may be corrected through the publication of an
Erratum. Errata describe errors that significantly affect the scientific integrity of apublication, the reputation of the authors, or the journal itself. Authors who wish tocorrect a published article should contact the editor who handled their manuscript or the
Editorial Office with full details of the error(s) and their requested changes. In cases
where co-authors disagree over a correction, the Editor-in-Chief may consult the Editorial
Board or external peer reviewers for advice. If a Correction is published, any dissenting
authors will be noted in the text.
A published article that contains invalid or unreliable results or conclusions, has been
published elsewhere, or has infringed codes of conduct (covering research or publication
ethics) may be retracted. Individuals who believe that a published article should be
retracted are encouraged to contact the journal’s Editorial Office with full details of theirconcerns. The Editor-in-Chief will investigate further and contact the authors of the
published article for their response. In cases where co-authors disagree over a retraction,
the Editor-in-Chief may consult the Editorial Board or external peer reviewers for advice.
If a Retraction is published, any dissenting authors will be noted in the text.
The decision to publish Errata or Retractions is made at the sole discretion of the Editorin-Chief.
Editors as authors in the journal
Any member of the journal’s Editorial Board, including the Editor-in-Chief who is anauthor on a submitted manuscript is excluded from the peer review process. Within thejournal’s online manuscript submission and tracking system, they will be able to see theirmanuscript as an author but not as an editor, thereby maintaining the confidentiality ofpeer review.
A manuscript authored by an editor of the journal is subject to the same high standardsof peer review and editorial decision making as any manuscript considered by the journal.
Responding to potential ethical breaches
The journal will respond to allegations of ethical breaches by following its own policies
and, where possible, the guidelines of COPE.

Copyright, Open Access and Fees
The journal moved to be Open Access from January 1, 2023 and uses Creative Commons(CC) licensing for articles from this date, as outlined below. The archive published before
the date above is freely available online, under the relevant conditions stated on eachmanuscript.
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Authors are required to assign all copyrights in the work to The Japanese Society ofPhysical Therapy via the copyright agreement; the Society then publishes the work under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This license allows users
to share and adapt an article, even commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given.
Some funding bodies require articles funded by them to be published under a specificCreative Commons license. Before submitting your work to the journal, check with therelevant funding bodies to ensure that you comply with any mandates.
Article Processing Charge
There is no submission fee and publication fee if you are a member of the JapanesePhysical Therapy Association (JPTA).
If one or more of the authors holds a current Japanese physical therapy license, but are
not members of JPTA, then the submission fee and publication fee described in Table 1
below will be levied.
For physical therapists with licenses from countries outside of Japan, as well as otherresearchers, no submission or publication fees are levied.
An excess page fee applies if manuscripts exceed the stated limits; in such cases, a fee of
11,000 Japanese yen (tax included) per journal typeset page is levied.
Color art is free of charge for online publication. Color reprints charges are also not levied.
Table 1 Fees structure
Submission fee

Publication fee

Excess page fee

11,000JPY(tax included)
per excess page

Member of JPTA

Free

Free

Non-member of JPTA
(Physical Therapist
with Japanese License)

11,000JPY(tax included)

11,000JPY (tax included)
per typeset page (A4 size)

Non-member of JPTA
(Other occupations)

Free

Free

1. The submission fee will be collected from any author who is a registered Japanesephysical therapist but not a member of the JPTA (including those who have beensuspended from JPTA; the same shall apply hereinafter).
2. Any submission fee is charged upon submission of the manuscript and is nonrefundable.
3. The publication fee will be collected from any author who is a registered Japanesephysical therapist but not a member of the JPTA.

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4. The publication fee is charged upon the submission of the final manuscript and is
non-refundable. This includes, but is not limited, to cases such as the withdrawalof the manuscript.
5. If payment of the submission fee is not completed within a reasonable timeframe,
the submitted manuscript will be deemed withdrawn.
6. If payment of the publication fee is not completed within a reasonable timeframe,
the manuscript will not be published.

Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s online submission system, Editorial
Manager at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ptr-journal/.
Organize the manuscript in the following order: title page, copyright agreement form,
declaration form for conflicts of interest, main text, figures and tables, and appendix(optional), certificate of English proofreading (if your first language is not English).
The manuscript text must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file. Figures and tables must
NOT be embedded within the manuscript file. Submit Tables and Figures as separate files.
If included in the submission, each set of materials listed below must be cited
appropriately in the manuscript text. A title for each Table, Figure or Video must be
included.
The allowable file formats are:
1) Text (Title page, Abstract - Legends): Word
2) Tables: Word, Excel, PowerPoint (Tables must not be images.)
3) Figures: PowerPoint, JPEG, TIFF
4) Supplementary data, texts: PDF
5) Supplementary video: AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG (Each video file should be no larger than
5 MB.)
If you have any questions or encounter any problems with online submission, pleasecontact the Editorial Office: journal@japanpt.or.jp.

Manuscript Preparation
Style
Manuscripts must be prepared in Microsoft Word, with 30 lines per page. Line and page
numbers must be included. Line numbers should appear on the left side of the body texts
in increments of 5 (i.e. 5, 10, 15, etc.) and should restart on each page.
English standards

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Manuscripts should be written concisely in clear, grammatically correct English andshould avoid unnecessary jargon. Authors whose native language is not English arerequired to have their manuscript checked by a proficient English editor or by an editing
service prior to submission. If a manuscript is not clear due to poor English, it may berejected without undergoing peer review.
Cover LetterA cover letter may be included which includes the title of the manuscript and the contact
details of the corresponding author. Authors should summarize the aims and outcomes of
their work and how and why the work is appropriate for publication. Details of any
relevant consent and/or ethics approvals, and other such items must be included in the
cover letter.
Title pageThe title page should comprise the following.
1） Manuscript Type
2） A concise but informative title. Only the first letter of each word should be capitalized,
except for conjunctions, articles, or prepositions unless the first word of the title.
3） Running title (with 60 or fewer letters)4） Authors’ full names with academic degrees, job category, and affiliation numbers.
JPTA Membership number is necessary if you are a JPTA member.
5） Full names of the department(s) and institution(s) in which the research was done,
together with the location (city, state, and nation). Use superscript numbers toindicate authors from different institutions.
6） Corresponding author’s contact details (name, department, institution, full address,
telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address).
Title
The title should be concise and informative; it should describe the content of the article
briefly but clearly and is important for search purposes by third-party services. Do not
use abbreviations in the title, except those used generally in related fields and avoid
formulae where possible. The first letter of each word except for conjunctions, articles, orprepositions should be capitalized, both in the manuscript file and in the manuscript
submission system.
Authors and affiliations
Provide the full names of the author(s). In addition, provide the full names and addressesof institutions (including laboratory, department, institute and/or university, city, stateand country). When authors belong to different institutions, their respective addresses
should be indicated by superscript numbers. When authors have new addresses, theyshould be given in a footnote and should be indicated by superscript symbols (such as *and **).

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Keywords
List three to five keywords. The first letter of each word except for conjunctions, articles,or prepositions should be capitalized, both in the manuscript and on the system.
Running Title
State also a running title of 60 characters or fewer (a simple title). It can be the same as
the title if the title is 60 characters or fewer.
Abbreviations
Each abbreviation should be defined in parentheses together with its non-abbreviatedterm when it first appears in the text (except in the Title) and legends of each figure andtable.
Units
SI or SI-derived units should be used. More information on SI units is available at the
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website.
1) Length: m2) Mass: kg3) Time: s4) Temperature: ℃
Method of stating the names of devices
For all equipment and products mentioned in the text, include the model name/number,the manufacturer and its location (city, state, country) in parentheses in the text. For
statistical software, specify the version, manufacturer, and manufacturer's location.
Abstract
The Abstract can be up to 250 words and must be structured into 4 sections with thefollowing headings: Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Paragraph headings
may be altered when needed in articles other than Original Articles and Brief Reports. If
it is essential to refer to a previous publication, omit the article title (e.g. Maekawa, T.,
Smith, S., and Roskol, H. (2015). Therapy J., 19: 187–193).
Main text
As a general rule, the main text should be divided into sections with the headings as listed
below. However, the headings may be altered when necessary for articles other than
Original Article and Brief Reports.
In the main text, information that can identify the authors (e.g., author name; name ofaffiliated institution; name of city, ward, town, or village; name of ethics committee; ethics
committee approval number; research grant approval number; or acknowledgments)

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should be covered with black highlights. The same applies to identifying information infigures, tables, and other documents.
1 Introduction
State the background of the study, its clinical significance, objectives, range of the subject
covered, and specific connections to past studies.
2 Methods
State the study method so that a third party can make a supplementary examination. Stateany ethical considerations.
3 Results (outcomes)
Results should be clear and concise.
4 Discussion (analysis)
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
5 Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short conclusion section.
6 Acknowledgments
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an
Acknowledgments section.
7 FundingAuthors should list all funding sources for their work in the Funding section. Where
possible and for each grant, the receiving institution, the funding agency, the grant
number, and the location (city and country) of the funding agency should be included. If
not relevant, please write "Not applicable."
8 Conflicts of interest
All authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships with other people ororganizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples ofpotential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership,honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or otherfunding.
References
Within the main text, references should be cited using consecutive numbers in superscript.
In the References section at the end of the manuscript, references should be listed in orderof citation in the manuscript and numbered consecutively.
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For journal articles, provide the details in this order: name of author(s), article title,
journal title, year of publication, volume number, and pages (first to last).
For books, provide details in this order: name of author(s), book title, name of editor(s),name and location of publisher, year of publication, and page number(s). For bookchapters, add the chapter authors’ names and the title of the chapter, before providing thebook details and the relevant page numbers (see the example below).
For online materials, write the details in this order: name of webmaster, page title, URL,
last access date.
Abbreviations of source names should follow the method used by the US National Libraryof Medicine. If there are three or more authors for a reference, state only the first two
authors and add “et al.”.
Illustrative examples are provided below.
Journal Article
Luvizutto GJ, Silva GF, et al.: Use of artificial intelligence as an instrument of evaluation
after stroke: a scoping review based on international classification of functioning,disability and health concept. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2022; 29: 331–346.
Book Chapter
Kocher MS: Evaluation of the medical literature. Chap 4. In: Morrissy RT and Weinstein
SL (eds): Lovell and Winter’s Pediatric Orthopaedics. 6th ed, Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2006, 97‒112.
Online Material
Cabinet Office of Japan: Situation of the aging population. In: Annual report on the
aging society 2021. https://www8.cao.go.jp/kourei/whitepaper/index-w.html (inJapanese) (Accessed December 10, 2022)
TablesNumber tables consecutively using Arabic numerals (Table 1, Table 2, etc.). A title
should be given to each table. Explanatory material and footnotes should be typed below
the table and should be designated with superscript letters, such as a) or b). Units ofmeasurement should be included with numerical values at the top of columns. Avoid
detailed explanations of the experimental conditions used to obtain the data shown intables (which should be included in other sections as relevant). Do not use vertical lines
in tables unless necessary.
Figures
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Submit figures, photography, graphs or diagrams in PowerPoint, JPEG or TIFF. Figures
should be of high enough resolution for direct reproduction for printing. Note that‘figures’ includes line drawings and photographs, as well as charts. Magnifications ofphotographs should be indicated in the legends and/or by scales included in thephotographs. Illustrations must be self-explanatory and they should be numberedconsecutively with Arabic numerals (i.e., Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc.). Each figure should have ashort title. Figure legends should be typed together on a new page after the References
section. Figure legends should include sufficient experimental details to make thefigures intelligible; however, duplicating the descriptions provided in other sections
should be avoided.
Supplementary material
Supplementary material adds, but is not essential, to a reader’s understanding of amanuscript. Authors are encouraged to submit supplementary material for online-only
publication. Supplementary material may comprise data, text, audio or movie files, and ispublished online alongside the accepted manuscript.
As supplementary material is peer-reviewed, authors must submit it in its final form (infinalized PDF format if it contains data or text) as part of their manuscript submission.
After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, authors may not make any changes
to the supplementary material.

Accepted Manuscripts
Manuscripts that are accepted for publication are copyedited and typeset by the journal’s
production company before publication. The journal is published 3 times per year. All
communication regarding accepted manuscripts is with the corresponding author.
ProofsPage proofs are sent to the corresponding author, who should check and return themwithin 48 hours. Only essential corrections to typesetting errors or omissions are
accepted; excessive changes are not permitted at the proofing stage.
Reprints
Order forms for reprints are sent with the proofs to the corresponding author and should
be returned with the proofs.

Contact
To contact the Editorial Office or the Editor-in-Chief, please write to:
The Editorial Board Physical Therapy Research (PTR)
Japanese Society of Physical Therapy, c/o The Japanese Physical Therapy Association
7-11-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan

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Physical Therapy Research Instructions to Authors

TEL: +81‒3-6804‒1626
E-mail: journal@japanpt.or.jp
Changes to journal policies
The Editorial Board may amend or remove journal policies at any time. Any changes arepromptly reported to the society’s Board of Directors and the Instructions to Authors
appropriately updated. Changes to the Article Processing Charges may be made only by
the Board of Directors.
Updated: January 18, 2024

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