Guide for authors

 

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.

The journal is aligned with the manuscript qualification norms and standards established by WHO and by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Papers containing results from studies with humans and/or animals must necessarily include a statement indicating that the research protocol has been approved by an institutional ethics committee. Likewise, any conflict of interest must be informed in a supplementary document and attached when submitting the paper. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts, which may be of a personal, political, academic, commercial or financial nature. For more information on ethical principles, the right to privacy, policy for corrections and retractions, access: Ethical Guidelines.

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, 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. 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).

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. For more information, visit: Peer Review Process.

Copyright

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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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.

General instructions

• 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.
• Up to eight (8) authors per article.
• Papers may be submitted in English or Portuguese, and the text must contain an abstract in each language. Once accepted for publication the article must be translated to English.
• 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.
• All submissions are handled via the ScholarOne platform. If you experience problems or require any further assistance, please contact us at [email protected]

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.

TITLE PAGE

• English and Portuguese title, containing no more than 12 words, sufficiently specific and descriptive.
• Full name, ORCID, institutions and respective town/country of all authors. Identify the corresponding author and email for contact.
•Abstract and resumo: it must be 150-250 words long and presented in topics: Introduction, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion and Keywords (minimum of 3 and maximum of 5). Only descriptors listed in DeCS and MeSH will be accepted.

BODY TEXT

• Introduction should concisely state the purpose of the study and to describe which advances have been achieved with the research. The introduction should not include data or conclusions of the work in question.
• Methods must offer, in a brief and objective way, information enabling the study to be replicated by other researchers. We ask you to reference the standard techniques.
• Results should provide a brief description of the new findings, with little personal opinion. • Discussion interprets the results and relate them to prior knowledge, especially those reported previously in the introduction. This part should be presented separately from the results.
• Conclusion should be limited to the purpose of the new findings, relating them to prior knowledge. Use quotes only when they are necessary to support the study.
• Acknowledgments, if any, should be synthetic and concise.
• Authors´ contributions must be informed according to the CRediT Taxonomy, with the minimum authorship criteria being: a. Actively participate in the discussion; B. Review and approval of the final version of the work.
• References are listed in numerical order and in the same order in which they are mentioned in the text (Arabic numerals, superscript). Examples:

- Elderly people with OAJ are nine times more likely to have a faster decline in gait speed than elderly people without OA, with a 2.75% decrease in gait speed per year.¹
- According to Kaufman et al.² and Kim et al.,³ individuals with KOA tend to walk at slower speeds to reduce joint stress on the knee joint.

REFERENCES

ARTICLE
Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov E, et al. Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer. 1996;73:1006-12.
Al-Balkhi K. Orthodontic treatment planning: do orthodontists treat to cephalometric norms. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2003 [cited 2003 Nov 4]. Available from: www.thejcdp.com

BOOKS
Annas GJ. American bioethics: crossing human rights and health law boundaries. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005. 244 p.
Israel HA. Synovial fluid analysis. In: Merril RG, editor. Disorders of the temporomandibular joint I: diagnosis and arthroscopy. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1989. p. 85-92.

DISSERTATION AND THESIS
Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly´s access and utilization [master´ s thesis]. St. Louis: Washington University; 1995.

CONFERENCE PROCCEDINGS
Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editores. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Brasil. Lei 8080 de 19 de setembro de 1990. Dispõe sobre as condições para a promoção, proteção e recuperação da saúde, a organização e o funcionamento dos serviços correspondentes e dá outras providências. Brasília: Diário Oficial da União; 1990 Sep 2.
Social Security Administration (US). Evidentiary requirements for making findings about medical equivalence. Final rules. Fed Regist. 2006 Mar 1;71(40):10419-33.