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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RA Take Fatigue or Fatigues into Account in Physiotherapy Interventions? A Rapid Scoping Review Shotaro TACHIBANA
Clémence Kiho BOURGEOIS YOSHIOKA
OA Phase Angle as a Predictor of Walking Independence in Patients Undergoing Stroke Rehabilitation: A Preliminary Study Naoya IKEDA
Yasuhiro MINAMIMURA
OA Associations of Changes in Skeletal Muscle Mass on Computed Tomography with Improvements of Muscle Strength and Physical Activity after Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Pilot Study Misuzu KUBA
Shinichiro UEDA
OA Recovery of Physical Function during Hospitalization among Heart Failure Patients with and without Cachexia Takuya UMEHARA
Akinori KANEGUCHI, Yuji NAKASHIMA, Yosuke YAMAMOTO, Nobuhisa KATAYAMA, Nobuhiro KITO
OA Relationship between Locomotive Syndrome and Cortical Bone Thickness and Trabecular Bone Density in a Community-dwelling Postmenopausal Population Satoko NAKANO
Etsuko OZAKI, Wataru NAKANO, Michitaka KATO, Yasunari KURITA, Daisuke TAKAGI, Daisuke MATSUI, Naoyuki TAKASHIMA
OA Reliability of Resting Heart Rate-Based Target Heart Rate for Exercise Prescription after Acute Myocardial Infarction Yuya UTSUMI
Koji TAKASE, Naoya MURAKAMI, Tokiko NAKAGAWA, Takuya OBAYASHI, Riyo OGURA, Shinobu HOSOKAWA
OA Association between Physical Function at Discharge and Fall Frequency One Month after Discharge in Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Yutaro SATO
Hideki YOSHIDA, Keisuke OTA, Kyoko HAMADA, Naoto ISHIKAWA, Ryo MATSUDA
CS Postoperative Effects of Somatosensory Foot Training on Balance and Walking Ability in Proximal Femoral Fractures: A Single-case Design Analysis Tomoki HAKAMATA
Junichi SUGANUMA, Kazuhiro CHIDORI
Systematic Review Association between Pre-stroke Frailty and Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Issei MURAI
Kensuke MATSUDA, Takashi ARIIE

Physical Therapy Research

Aims and Scope

Current lssue (2025 vol.28 lssue 3)

Physical Therapy
Research

Current lssue
(2025 vol.28 lssue 3)