Physiotherapy

Generative AI use must be declared; AI tools cannot be listed as authors. 模型摘要

Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…

All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.

Declaration of competing interests required. 模型摘要

All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…

Data availability statement encouraged. 模型摘要

To foster transparency, we encourage you to state the availability of your data in your submission.

Supports COPE principles. 模型摘要

Physiotherapy supports the principles of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE), which oblige the highest standards of practice on all participants in scientific research and publishing.

Copyright via Journal Publishing Agreement; gold open access uses License Agreement. 模型摘要

Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles includ…

Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.

Double-anonymized peer review; identities of authors and reviewers concealed from each other. 模型摘要

This journal uses double-anonymized review, which means that both the reviewer and author name(s) are not allowed to be revealed to one another for a manuscript under review.

Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…

Clinical trials must be registered in a public registry; systematic reviews should be registered on PROSPERO. 模型摘要

To facilitate the accurate, complete, and transparent improve the quality of reporting of research, Physiotherapy supports the initiatives available through the EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUality and Transparency Of health Research) which houses a database of all reporting guidelines for health research (http://www.equator-network.org/).To assist authors and reviewers, the following guidelines…