About this journal

The European Journal of Physiotherapy is an international journal covering all aspects of physiotherapy with special focus on:
• Physiotherapy in lifestyle-related health problems
• Functioning, activity and participation
• Behavioral medicine in physiotherapy
• Disability and health in areas of pain
• Physical activity in health promotion and rehabilitation

The journal covers Original articles either as full-length report or as Short communications reporting preliminary data from original work, Case reports, reporting new and important clinical observations or experiences of a novel treatment, all types of Review articles, Focus papers, Debate articles, and Short commentaries for the EJPT relevant topics, as well as Letters to the editor. The journal also aims at maintaining a broad and interdisciplinary approach in order to reflect collaboration with practitioners and scholars from other disciplines.

The aims are:

• Evaluating and criticizing interventions and methods used in health promotion, lifestyle change, rehabilitation, pain related conditions, and physical activity research
• Analyzing and debating research focused on topics in functioning, activity and participation
  Contrasting different research perspectives on essential phenomena and questioning traditional paradigms in the special focus areas
• Challenging and developing theoretical models in behavioral medicine in physiotherapy and physical activity research
• Discussing educational and professional issues of physiotherapy in broad perspective
  Improving implementation of research findings into clinical physiotherapy practice

Editor-in-chief
Anne Söderlund. PhD. PT, Professor Physiotherapy
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

Associate editors
Suzanne Mc Donough, PhD, HDip Healthcare (Acupuncture), B. (Hons) Physiotherapy
Head of School RCSI Physiotherapy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland

Monika Hasenbring, PhD, Dr. Professor Psychology
Dept. of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany

Michele Sterling, PhD, PT, Professor Physiotherapy
Director, NHMRC CRE in Road Traffic Injury Recovery (CRERTI), Program Lead, Designing Better Therapies, RECOVER Injury Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia

Rob J.E.M. Smeets, PhD, Dr. Professor in Rehabilitation Medicine
CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Elizabeth Dean, Ph.D., P.T., Professor Physical Therapy
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Marilyn Moffat, PT, DPT, PhD, DSc (hon), Professor Physical Therapy GCS, CSCS, CEEAA, FAPTA Immediate Past-President, World Confederation for Physical Therapy Past-President
American Physical Therapy Association, New York University, USA

Gunnevi Sundelin, PhD, PT, Professor
Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umea University, Sweden

Ari Heinonen, PhD, PT, Professor
Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Alice Kvåle, PhD, MSc, PT, Professor
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway

Hans Lund PhD, PT, Associate Professor, Director of Studies
Research Unit for Musculoskeletal Function and Physiotherapy, Institute for Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Britt-Marie Stålnacke, PhD, MD, Professor in Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå Sweden and Senior Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå Sweden
Special interests: Chronic pain conditions, chronic pain rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury

Johanna Fritz, PhD, RPT, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Mälardalen University, Sweden
Her research expertise is in the prevention, treatment, and evaluation of health problems from a behavioral medicine perspective in the physiotherapy framework and implementation science in health care. She has experience in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods

Dr. Tamer M. Shousha, Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. In addition, the Acting Director for "the University of Sharjah Center of Excellence for healthy aging"
Dr. Shousha hold a PhD degree from Cairo University. His main specialty is the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries. With regard to research, Dr. Shousha has more than 40 publications, and 24 are documented in the Scopus research database. His research interests include the spine, pain, biomechanics, and TMJ dysfunctions

Dr Tonio Agius, PhD (Melit), MMAP, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
Area of interest in research are e.g. pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise in osteoarthritis

Dr Anabel Sciriha, PhD (Melit), MMAP, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
Area of interest in research is in Respiratory Care

Dr. Preetha Ramachandra, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Areas of interest in research in Women's Health Physiotherapy: Musculoskeletal issues during pregnancy and postpartum, Physiotherapy during labor Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Female infertility, Menstrual disturbances and Polycystic ovarian syndrome, Urogynecological dysfunctions, and Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Nathan Hutting, PhD, MSc, PT, Associate Professor, Research Group Occupation & Health, School of Organisation and Development, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Expertise: Chronic conditions, musculoskeletal conditions, self-management, patient-centred care, shared decision making, work-focused healthcare, occupational health, serious pathologies, vascular pathologies, manual therapy, quantitative research and qualitative research

Anabela G. Silva, PhD, PT, Professor of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences & CINTESIS.UA@RISE, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Chair-elect, Pain, Mind and Movement SIG, International Association for the Study of Pain
Her main research interests relate to chronic pain prevention, assessment, and management from a biopsychosocial perspective. Also user-centered development and assessment of digital tools to enhance physiotherapy care are her research interests

Sultan Kav, PhD, RN, Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Baskent University Ankara, Turkiye
Her main research topics are cancer nursing, patient and caregiver education, and supportive and palliative care

Aydan Aytar, PhD, PT, Professor Physiotherapy, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Faculty of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopedic Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Turkey
Her areas of interest are pilates, manual therapy, exercise, musculoskeletal diseases, rehabilitation in orthopedics and sports injuries

Tracy Tang, BSc, MSc, PhD-student at the Department of Early Childhood Development at Faculty of Education and Human Development,
The Education University of Hong Kong, and the Managing Associate Editor of Stress Health.

Patricia Basualto, P.T., MA Health Psychology, Ph.D. student,
Faculty of Kinesiology, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, and teaching assistant professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Barbara Scheiber, PT, MSc, BSc, PhD-student in Sports Sciences, University of Innsbruck,
Innsbruck, Austria, Head of Department bachelor’s Program Physiotherapy, University of Applied Sciences, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Head of Department Master’s Program
Osteopathy, University of Applied Sciences, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria.