Physical Therapy Research (PTR) is an official journal of the Japanese Physical Therapy Association. This peer-reviewed international journal focus on research in physical therapy and related fields (previously Journal of the Japanese Physical Therapy Association (JJPTA)). Article types accepted are: Scientific Research Articles (Original Article), Case studies, Brief reports, and other articles and reports deemed appropriate for publication by the Editorial Board, such as systematic reviews, clinical notes, professional reports, and perspectives. No submission or publication free is charged up to a fixed amount of words (please refer to the submission regulations for details).