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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(2026 vol.29 lssue 1)

Review Anatomical Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders and Proposed Prevention Strategies Junya OZAWA
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Case Report Improvement in Gait Variability over 24 Months in an Individual with Hemiparesis following Stroke: A Case Report Taishi KIKKAWA
Tsubasa MITSUTAKE, Takeshi IMURA, Yu INOUE, Ryo TANAKA
Original Article Effects of Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation on Hemodynamics Compared to Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Takeru ECHIZEN
Shoki YUSU, Urara CHIBA, Tomoyuki MORISAWA, Masakazu SAITOH, Kotaro IWATSU, Tetsuya TAKAHASHI
Original Article Predictive Sub-items and Cutoff Scores of the Functional Assessment for Control of Trunk (FACT) for Gait Independence in Patients with Acute Stroke Hiroto MASHIKO
Daiki KATO, Aki KANEKO, Hwa YOUNG, Rika IKEZAWA
Original Article Impact of Rehabilitation on Time to Home Discharge after Hip Fracture Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Study using the Japanese Nationwide Database of Diagnosis Procedure Combination Daiki KATO
Kunio TARASAWA, Koki ABE, Kiyohide FUSHIMI, Kenji FUJIMORI
Original Article Preoperative Functional Disability and Perioperative Life-space Mobility in Older Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Generalized Linear Mixed-effects Model Analysis Daigo ISHIZUKA
Susumu NOZAKI, Hiroshi MINEZAKI, Tsuyoshi OTA, Yasuyoshi ASAKAWA
Original Article Structural Analysis of Activities by Japan International Cooperation Agency Volunteer Physiotherapists: Reconstructing Practice-based Knowledge through Text Mining Kosuke HAMADA
Akira TERAMURA, Hyunjae WOO, Akira MITAMURA, Osamu WATANABE
Original Article Is There a Difference in Factors Affecting Rest Pain and Pain Intensity during Movement at 1 Year Post–total Knee Arthroplasty? Yuta TOMOOKA
So TANAKA, Akira MIBU, Hirofumi YAMASHITA, Masahiro MANFUKU, Masami TOKUNAGA, Takaaki YOSHIMOTO, Tomohiko NISHIGAMI
Case Report Recovery of Physical Function in a Patient with Intensive Care Unit-acquired Weakness after Valvular Surgery: A Case Report Kosho OHTA
Hiroshi SAITO, Mami SHIMIZU, Hiroaki TANABE

Physical Therapy Research

Aims and Scope

Current lssue (2026 vol.29 lssue 1)

Physical Therapy
Research

Current lssue
(2026 vol.29 lssue 1)