ISSN 0379-6175 print version
ISSN 2410-8219 online version

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

• Basic Information
• Indexing Sources
• Copyright Statement
• Journal Sponsorship

The South African Journal of Physiotherapy is the official scholarly refereed journal of the South African Society of Physiotherapy.
It aims to publish original research and facilitate continuing professional development for physiotherapists and other health professions both nationally and internationally.
The South African Journal of Physiotherapy is dedicated to the advancement of physiotherapy through publication of research and scholarly work concerned with, but not limited to, its scientific basis and clinical application, education of practitioners, management of services and policy.

The journal welcomes original research and reviews covering diverse topics in the field of physiotherapy.

Topics of interest include:

• Advances in physiotherapy related to anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, human biology, physics, biomechanics, kinesiology, neuroscience, clinical pathology and behavioural science.
• Prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis and prognosis.
• Ethics, plan of care, intervention techniques, and cultural approaches to achieving goals and outcomes.

Types of articles published indclude Original Research Articles, Editorials,Case Reports, Review Articles, Scientific Letters, Randomised Clinical Trails, and Randomised Controlled Trial Protocols.

The journal publishes one issue annually.
Articles are published online when ready for publication and then printed in an end–of–year compilation.
Additional issues may be published for special events (e.g., conferences) and when special themes are addressed.

Abbreviated key–title: S. Afr. j. physiother. (Online)

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• Web of Science Other Coverage, Emerging Sources Citation Index, ESCI

The author(s) retain copyright on work published by AOSIS unless specified otherwise.

AOSIS requires journal authors to publish their work in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

The South African Journal of Physiotherapy uses Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Author(s) of work published by AOSIS are required to grant AOSIS the unlimited rights to publish the definitive work in any format, language and medium, for any lawful purpose.

The authors retain the non–exclusive right to do anything they wish with the published article(s), provided attribution is given to the applicable journal with details of the original publication, as set out in the official citation of the article published in the journal.
The authors specifically have the right to post the article on the authors’ or their institution’s websites or in institutional or other repositories.

Previously published work may have been published under a different licence. Community is advised to consult the applicable licence at article level if they would like to reuse the work.