Physical Therapy
Research

Aims and Scope

Physical Therapy Research (PTR) is an Open Access journal that aims to foster important advances in physical therapy.
PTR publishes a comprehensive and dynamic array of peer-reviewed articles and materials that are of interest to our broad global audience of researchers, practitioners, continuing-education students, and those interested in the field. The article types include Original Articles, Case Studies, Brief Reports, Reviews, and more.
PTR is free to access for all readers and free to publish for most authors*.

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ISSN 2189-8448

* A submission fee and a publication fee must be paid for by those who hold a physical therapy license in Japan but do not belong to Japanese Physical Therapy Associaation (JPTA)

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Current lssue
(2025 vol.28 lssue 2)

Review Markerless Motion Analysis Using New Digital Technology Megumi OTA
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Review Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise in Korea Yun-cheol HA
Nan-soo KIM
Original Article Associations between Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Locomotive Syndrome Differ by Age and Sex: A Cross-Sectional Study Wataru NAKANO
Etsuko OZAKI, Michitaka KATO, Satoko NAKANO, Kazuya KITO, Teruhide KOYAMA
Original Article Effect of Inpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Combined with Waon Therapy on Exercise Capacity in Elderly Patients with Heart Failure: A Pilot Study Kazuya YAMAMOTO
Takumi NODA, Koichi ITO, Hiroyuki MIURA, Makoto MURATA, Chiaki YOKOTA
Original Article Effect of Number of Days to Ambulation on Postoperative Daily Activities in Patients with Type A Aortic Dissection Yutaro OHNISHI
Tsubasa YOKOTE, Kengo SHIRADO, Shota OKUNO, Kenta KAWAMITSU, Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Takatoshi NISHIMURA, Masaya TANAKA, Takayuki UCHIDA, Shoji KAWAKAMI
Original Article Development of a Competency Scale for Rehabilitation Professionals Supporting Kayoi-no-ba in Japan Mutsumi NAKAMURA
Yoshifumi URABE
Original Article Comparison of Six-minute Walk Test Parameters by Severity of Idiopathic and Non-idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Masashi ZENTA
Kenji TSUSHIMA, Tomohiro HATTORI, Jin KUBO, Natsuko MIYAMAE, Minami AKAMA, Satoshi KIDO
Original Article Reliability and Validity of Observational Gait Analysis by Physical Therapists: Possibility of Verifying Accuracy Daiki MATSUZAKA
Koki WAGATSUMA, Takenori SHIMADA, Kenta IKUSHIMA, Hiroyuki FUJISAWA
Systematic Review A Scoping Review of Minimal Important Change and Minimal Detectable Change of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity Scale in Patients with Stroke Tetsuharu NAKAZONO
Satoru AMANO, Kazuya SAITA, Kayoko TAKAHASHI
Brief Report Co-occurrence of Whole-body Muscle Wasting and Respiratory Muscle Weakness Affecting the Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Atsuyoshi KAWAGOSHI
Masahiro IWAKURA, Yutaka FURUKAWA, Takeshi KERA, Hisashi KAWAI, Shuichi OBUCHI, Keiyu SUGAWARA, Takanobu SHIOYA
Case Report Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Dynamics during Rehabilitation of Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Comparative Study of Two Cases Yusuke KAWAMURA
Hironori MATSUHISA, Yuki NONAKA, Tetsuya FUKUDA, Yosuke IKEDA, Kazuyuki TABIRA

Physical Therapy Research

Aims and Scope

Current lssue (2025 vol.28 lssue 2)

Physical Therapy
Research

Current lssue
(2025 vol.28 lssue 2)