Fisioterapia em Movimento
Brief History
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Created in 1989 and available online since 2013, the journal Fisioterapia em Movimento adopted the continuous publication modality in 2018, publishing articles in a single yearly volume.
Journal of the School of Medicine and Life Sciences, at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), it uses single blind peer review and accepts original articles and systematic reviews resulting from studies developed in the areas of physical therapy and health. |
Open Science Compliance
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Following the principles of Open Science, which proposes guidelines for collaborative, shared and public scientific practice, the journal adopts the single blind peer review system. In this way, reviewers have access to the authorship of the articles they evaluate, while authors are aware of which associate editor was assigned to their article. Reviewers and authors, by mutual agreement, may request the publication of opinions of approved articles with the optional identification of reviewers, and the mutual disclosure of their identities in the evaluation process.
Still in line with Open Science, the journal requires the precise indication of the contribution of each of the authors in articles with multiple authorship and recommends the sharing of data, methods, instruments and other additional materials, preferably made available in open online repositories (Figshare, Mandeley Data, OSF, SciELO Data, Zenodo). Access to published articles is open and free, and manuscripts that have been deposited in institutional or preprint repositories (arXiv, bioRxiv, EmeRI, SciELO, etc.) are accepted for evaluation. |
Ethics in Publication
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As part of SciELO collection, Fisioterpia em Movimento journal follows the Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, as well as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, aiming to promote integrity in the publication process and to prevent misconduct and malpractice. For more information on ethical principles, the right to privacy, policy for corrections and retractions, access: Ethical Guidelines.
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Focus and Scope
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Fisioterapia em Movimento is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes scientific articles on physical therapy and health studie, being the main areas: collective health, geriatrics and gerontology, neurology, sports physiotherapy, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory, dermatofunctional, traumato-orthopedics, rheumatology, hydrotherapy, acupuncture, gynecology and obstetrics, electrotherapy, and ergonomics. Supported by rigorous methodology in human health care, and endorsing interdisciplinarity, all papers related to health and human care are accepted for evaluation. |
Digital Preservation
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This journal follows the standards defined in the SciELO Program's Digital Preservation Policy. |
Indexing Databases
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Bibliographic Cataloging Sheet
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Websites and Social Media
EDITORIAL POLICY
Preprints
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Studies should be original and should not have already been published elsewhere in the peer-reviewed literature. Manuscripts that have been deposited in preprints (arXiv, bioRxiv, EmeRI, SciELO Preprints, etc.) or institutional repositories are accepted as long as informed in the Open Science Compliance Form, which must be submitted as a supplementary file at the time of submission. |
Peer review process
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Fisioterapia em Movimento journal uses single blind peer review. If meeting the established standards, the papers are sent to two or more reviewers for peer review. Reviewers are chosen according to their knowledge and experience. Both the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors verify the originality, clinical relevance and methodology of the works received. The Editor-in-Chief can reject an article immediately, in the same way that Associate Editors can recommend the rejection of a manuscript without prior submission for evaluation. is up to the editor-in-chief which articles will be accepted for publication, based on the recommendations made by the reviewers and the associate editors. For more information about the evaluation process and guidelines, visit: Peer Review Process. |
Open data
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The sharing of data, methods, instruments and other additional materials is recommended, preferably made available in open online repositories (Figshare, Mandeley Data, OSF, SciELO Data, Zenodo), paying attention to filling out the Open Science Compliance Form. |
Publication Fees
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To cover publication costs, after acceptance, a publication fee of R$600 for Brazilians and U$125 for foreigners is charged per article accepted for publication. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Erratum, and Retraction Policy
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Regarding best practices for strengthening the ethics in scientific publication, the editorial process, after complying with the formal aspects required, ensures that all authors review and take accountability for the content. Proof may be provided by digital confirmation.
The fabrication or falsification of data and images are serious cases of misconduct. The evaluation process should be judicious in identifying such misconducts. When in the evaluation process, editors or reviewers identify excess self-citing by authors and/or the journal, the corresponding author and, if necessary, all authors are contacted for clarification to support decision making. The already published article in which misconduct is identified remains indexed in the SciELO database in the retracted condition. The retraction substantiate the reason for the withdrawal duly referenced, through a communication by the editor or another authorized agent, and published in the same journal. Retraction may be partial when the misconduct applies to a specific part of the article, without, however, compromising the set of published research. The article may not ever be “unpublished”. Cases of errors or failures, regardless of nature or origin, that do not constitute misconduct, are corrected by errata. The journal publishes as promptly as possible errata, corrections or retractions. For more information, please visit: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/fisio/ethics |
Conflicts of Interest Policy
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For Authors
For Editors and Reviewers |
Use of Similarity Verification Software
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Studies should be original and should not have already been published elsewhere in the peer-reviewed literature. To promote the predominance of originality, the journal adopts the Blackboard system to identify plagiarism, considering up to 30% text similarity acceptable. When there is doubt or questioning, the editor-in-chief should contact the corresponding author and, if necessary, all authors. If duplicity is proven, the authors' affiliation institutions or funding agencies involved in the research development are to be contacted. |
Sex and Gender Issues
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The editorial team of Fisioterapia em Movimento, in addition to the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER). The SAGER guidelines are a thorough procedure for reporting sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, and results and interpretation of findings. Furthermore, the journal observes the gender equity policy in the formation of its editorial board.
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Ethics Committee
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O Fisioterpia em Movimento journal is aligned with the manuscript qualification norms and standards established by WHO and by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Clinical trial articles will only be accepted when registered in a Clinical Trial Registry recommended by WHO and the ICMJE, and papers containing results from studies with humans and/or animals will only be accepted for publication if clear that all the ethical principles have been followed in the investigation.
These papers must necessarily include a statement indicating that the research protocol has been approved by an institutional ethics committee (as established in the National Health Council Resolution 466/12 on the ethical guidelines for the development of research involving human subjects) and the CAAE number or approval opinion number must be included in the manuscript, under Methods, which will be verified on the Plataforma Brasil website. For experiments involving animals, follow Pain international guidelines (PAIN, 16: 109-110, 1983). |
Copyright
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Authors retain the copyright to their works and grant the rights of the first publication to Fisioterapia em Movimento journal, licensed under Creative Commons license (CC-BY), that allows third parties to share and adapt the published works if properly crediting the original authors and acknowledging the publication in Fisioterapia em Movimento. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Website responsability:
The journal reserves the right to make changes related to the journal's editorial standard, such as layout adjustments.
Autorship responsability: The authors are solely responsible for the data, opinions and concepts expressed in the articles, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic references. All journal content and articles published by Fisioterapia em Movimento, except where otherwise specified, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Authors of articles published by Fisioterapia em Movimento maintain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited . The journal Fisioterapia em Movimento encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, academic and personal social media, as long as the full citation is included in the journal's website version. |
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editors
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Editorial Board
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Editorial Assistant
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Fisioterapia em Movimento journal publishes papers that covers findings in the fields of physical therapy and health. All papers related to health and human care are accepted for evaluation.
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Types of Accepted Documents
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Original Article: resulting from empirical, experimental or conceptual research, it must contain: Title Page, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References. Use A4 paper size (Microsoft Word file, 1.5 space in 12 point, Times New Roman or Arial font). The text must have a maximum of 4,500 words, excluding the title page, references, tables, figures and legends.
Review: resulting from studies with defined planning and based on consistent bibliographic research, it must contain: Title Page, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion (Results and Discussion can be presented together), Conclusion, References. Use A4 paper size (Microsoft Word file, 1.5 space in 12 point, Times New Roman or Arial font). The text must have a maximum of 6,000 words, excluding the title page, references, tables, figures and legends. Note: Reviews will only be accepted in accordance with the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Case Study and Case Report: will be accepted only when addressing rare cases, original diagnosis and treatment or unusual results. With the exception of the Title Page, no specific structuring is required. We suggest, however, the text to be divided into Introduction, Case report, Discussion, Conclusion, References. Use A4 paper size (Microsoft Word file, 1.5 space in 12 point, Times New Roman or Arial font). The text must have a maximum of 2,500 words, excluding the title page, references, tables, figures and legends. |
Article Submission Format
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TITLE PAGE
BODY TEXT
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Digital Assets
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Illustrations (figures, graphs, charts and tables) should be limited to a maximum of five (5), inserted in the text file, identified and numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Figures must be submitted in high resolution (minimum of 300 dpi) and in TIFF or EPS format. |
Citations and References
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Citations/references are listed in numerical order and in the same order in which they are mentioned in the text (Arabic numerals, superscript). Examples:
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REFERENCES
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ARTICLE
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Supplementary Documents
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Open Science Compliance Form |
Contact Information
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School of Medicine and Life Sciences |