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The journal Physical Therapy and Research (Revista de Fisioterapia e Pesquisa) accepts scientific articles that present original and unpublished. Contributions to the construction of knowledge in physical therapy, rehabilitation, and health areas. In addition, the content of the articles must add knowledge and represent an advance for clinical practice, teaching and/or research in clinical practice in physiotherapy. The review process of all articles submitted to the journal is done by peers and begins with. The pre-analysis, conducted by the Editor-in-Chief, who will decide on the approval or rejection at this phasis.
Once approved in the pre-analysis, the text is sent to the Associate Editor, who forwards it to the reviewers in a double-blind method.
The journal uses the Turnitin software to identify similar texts. Texts that present similarities with others already. Published will be excluded from the process.
Submission fee
The Physical Therapy and Research Journal (Revista de Fisioterapia e Pesquisa) does not charge any fees for submission or publication.
Manuscripts submitted in Portuguese after acceptance must be translated into English (with translator certification)
After acceptance, manuscripts in English must be translated into Portuguese.
Publications types
Clinical Trials: CONSORT and identification of Clinical Trials Registry validated criteria established by WHO e ICME .
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: PRISMA. Whenever possible, present the adopted concordance method for the analysis of included articles, for example, Kappa.
Observational studies: Include case-control, cohort and cross-sectional studies, following the STROBE statements.
Case studies can be accepted if they describe specific and unique situations that justify their publication, with a brief literature review.
Structure and preparation of the manuscript
File format: doc or docx (MS Word).
Text: Official Spelling in A4 paper, single-spaced Times New Roman font size 12, including tables. Top, bottom, and side margins should be 2.5cm.
Title: Maximum of 18 words, only in the language of the manuscript, in bold, using capital letters only at the beginning of the title and proper names. Abbreviations, acronyms, or geographic location should not be used in the research.
Name of the authors: The full name of each author, without abbreviations, numbered by Arabic Numerals, with institution, affiliation, location, state, and country. Authors. Must indicate how to quote their name to be indexed in the databases and insert ORCID iD, email.
Institution: must follow hierarchy: University, Faculty and Department.
Corresponding author: Statement of name, mailing address, telephone, and email.
Manuscripts extracted from dissertation or thesis: must be indicated with an asterisk, in a footnote, the title, year, and institution where it was presented.
Summary and Abstract: It must be written in Portuguese and English and, if possible, in Spanish, with up to 1300 characters with space. The structure must contain: Introduction, Objective, Method, Results and Conclusions, except for theoretical studies and for Clinical Trials, the registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Descriptors: Indicate from three to six descriptors that identify the main subject of the manuscript, separated by semicolons, and extracted from DeCS (Descriptors in Health Sciences), elaborated by BIREME or MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), elaborated by NLM (National Library of Medicine).
Main Document: A complete file must be attached containing all the information, described below and a blind copy file that must not contain any identification, whether authorship, institution, location or Ethics Committee or Registration number.
Text Structure: Cover page (full file only), Abstracts, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and References.
Cover Page:
Tittle in Portuguese (bold)
Tittle in English (bold)
Condensed title with a maximum of 50 characters with space (bold)
Full name of the authors, with subscript number referring to institutional affiliation and bond.
Contribution of each author to the manuscript
Registration of all the authors on ORCID
Place where study was carried out
Indication of the funding agency, if there is
Indication of an eventual presentation at scientific event
Indication of the Ethics Committee approval number and clinical trial registration number, systematic review with CONSORT registration
Author’s full address, email, telephone number for correspondence.
Introduction: Brief definition of the studied problem, justifying the importance its importance and the knowledge gaps, based on national and international updated references.
Method: subdivide the section in the topics: Design of study; Population; Local; Selection criteria; Sample definition (if applicable); Data collection; Data analysis/and treatment, Ethical. Aspects.
Results: Presentation and description of the data obtained, with no interpretations or comments. It may contain tables, charts, and. Figures for enabling better comprehension. The text should complement or highlight what is more relevant, without repeating data provided in the tables or figures. The number of participants is part of the Results section.
Discussion: Should be restricted to the obtained data and achieved results, stressing new and relevant aspects observed in the study and discussing the agreement and divergences to other national and international published researches. It should indicate the limitations of the study and clinical relevance, if pertinent.
Conclusion or Final Considerations: Should be direct, clear, and objective, answering the hypotheses or objectives, and grounded in the results and discussion. Do not cite references.
References: Maximum 30 (except in review studies, depending on the search strategy and selection of study inclusion). Follow the proportion of 80% journal articles, with at least half of them indexed in the international databases. It is permitted a maximum of 15% of self-citation among those citable. Must count a DOI. Use “Vancouver” style, available in (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html). The tittles of journals should be abbreviated according to the: List of Journals. Indexed for MEDLINE (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/journals/online.html).
Citations of references in the text: Consecutively listed, in superscript Arabic numeral and between parentheses, without mention the name of authors (except those representing a theoretical background). When they are sequential, indicate the first and last number, separated by a hyphen, e.g., (1-4). When non-sequential, they should be separated by a comma, e.g., (1-2,4).
Figures: Table, Charts, and Figures, maximum five, should be mandatorily inserted into the body of the text, with no repeated information and with informative and clear titles. The tables should contain in their titles the location, state, country and year of the data collection (must be attached in separate files in the submission as indicated on the platform).
Graphs, flowcharts and similar should be editable, in vector format. Pictures, images, and others should have the final resolution. Of 300 DPI. Both can be colorful and have to be legible.
When not elaborated by the authors, all illustrations should indicate the appropriate source.
Acknowledgments: If applicable, it must be placed before the references.
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