Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
ISSN: 1413-3555

The Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT) is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Physical Therapy Research and Graduate Studies (ABRAPG-Ft). It publishes original research articles on topics related to the areas of physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences, including clinical, basic or applied studies on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of movement disorders.

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Impact factor

The Impact Factor measures the average number of citations received in a particular year by papers published in the journal during the two preceding years.

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Impact factor 2023
3.1
Citescore

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Citescore 2023
6.1
SJR

SRJ is a prestige metric based on the idea that not all citations are the same. SJR uses a similar algorithm as the Google page rank; it provides a quantitative and qualitative measure of the journal's impact.

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SJR 2023
1.01
SNIP

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SNIP 2023
1.41
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Technology for healthcare professionals' education about the early detection of cerebral palsy
Adriana Neves dos Santos, Melissa Gladstone, Alessandra Lemos de Carvalho, Liliane dos Santos Machado, Egmar Longo
Highlights

  • Cerebral Palsy is the leading cause of physical disability worldwide.

  • The early detection of cerebral palsy enables timely interventions, benefiting children's developmental outcomes.

  • A framework has guided clinical practices for the early detection of cerebral palsy achieving high accuracy.

  • The framework implementation in low- and middle-income countries has been challenging.

  • Translated educational resources and technology-driven strategies might enhance early cerebral palsy detection and clinical decision-making.

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Original Research
Interdisciplinary expert agreement on group and definitions for compensatory protective step strategies to prevent falls: A e-Delphi method study
Maria Melo-Alonso, Juan Luis Leon-Llamas, Santos Villafaina, Mari Carmen Gomez-Alvaro, Pedro R. Olivares, Carmen Padilla-Moledo, Narcís Gusi
Highlights

  • The study summarizes and clarify compensatory protective step strategies.

  • Terminology aims to develop clinical tools to assess fall risk via step strategies.

  • Fourteen strategies were defined to condense an initial list of 61 definitions.

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Original Research
The prevalence of sarcopenia and its associations with weekly energy expenditure and physical activity levels in female patients with breast cancer at the time of diagnosis
Noemi Trajano de França da Silva, Daniele Medeiros Torres, Marcos Vinicius dos Santos Corrêa, Rejane Medeiros Costa, Erica Alves Nogueira Fabro, Suzana Sales Aguiar, Simone Abrantes Saraiva, Anke Bergmann
Highlights

  • Confirmed sarcopenia was found in 14.1 % of participants with a significant mean age of over 60.

  • This study suggests sarcopenia screening is possible in public health services.

  • Physical therapeutic assessment of the muscular profile allows early intervention.

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Systematic Review
The most effective therapeutic exercises for pain intensity in women with fibromyalgia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Álvaro-José Rodríguez-Domínguez, Manuel Rebollo-Salas, Raquel Chillón-Martínez, Abel Rosales-Tristancho, Inmaculada Villa-del-Pino, José-Jesús Jiménez-Rejano
Highlights

  • Resistance training was the only therapeutic exercise (TE) approach that showed clinical relevance, in the short and long term, to reduce pain intensity in women with fibromyalgia, showing a moderately important improvement (>30 %).

  • In the short term, aquatic exercise was the most effective approach to reduce pain intensity, so it could be an appropriate option to start a TE program in women with fibromyalgia.

  • These findings could contribute to a change in the current paradigm on TE prescription in fibromyalgia, because the “gold standard” recommendation of aerobic exercise should be replaced by other more effective approaches.

  • The results provide a valuable tool for decision making when choosing the most appropriate TE approach according to the patient's characteristics and preferences, because it is a key factor in improving adherence to treatment.

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portada-S1413355525X00046Vol. 29. Issue 4. (In progress)
(1 July 2025)
This issue is in progress but contains articles that are final and fully citable.
Editorial
Technology for healthcare professionals' education about the early detection of cerebral palsy
Adriana Neves dos Santos, Melissa Gladstone, Alessandra Lemos de Carvalho, Liliane dos Santos Machado, Egmar Longo
Highlights

  • Cerebral Palsy is the leading cause of physical disability worldwide.

  • The early detection of cerebral palsy enables timely interventions, benefiting children's developmental outcomes.

  • A framework has guided clinical practices for the early detection of cerebral palsy achieving high accuracy.

  • The framework implementation in low- and middle-income countries has been challenging.

  • Translated educational resources and technology-driven strategies might enhance early cerebral palsy detection and clinical decision-making.

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Systematic Review
"Go neurological physical therapy research, go”! Volume and methodological quality of neurological physical therapy: A 63-year PEDro database analyses
Julia Mafra Vasconcelos, Yasmine Guimarães Viana, Marina de Barros Pinheiro, Larissa Tavares Aguiar, Janaine Cunha Polese
Highlights

  • The growth in volume of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of neurological physical therapy interventions in adults and paediatrics indexed to PEDro was accompanied by an increase in the methodological quality.

  • The methodological quality of RCTs of neurological physical therapy in adults and paediatrics is improving (mean=5.3), but is still suboptimal.

  • Journals Impact Factor and Journal Citation Indication were weakly correlated with the methodological quality of the trials.

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The most effective therapeutic exercises for pain intensity in women with fibromyalgia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Álvaro-José Rodríguez-Domínguez, Manuel Rebollo-Salas, Raquel Chillón-Martínez, Abel Rosales-Tristancho, Inmaculada Villa-del-Pino, José-Jesús Jiménez-Rejano
Highlights

  • Resistance training was the only therapeutic exercise (TE) approach that showed clinical relevance, in the short and long term, to reduce pain intensity in women with fibromyalgia, showing a moderately important improvement (>30 %).

  • In the short term, aquatic exercise was the most effective approach to reduce pain intensity, so it could be an appropriate option to start a TE program in women with fibromyalgia.

  • These findings could contribute to a change in the current paradigm on TE prescription in fibromyalgia, because the “gold standard” recommendation of aerobic exercise should be replaced by other more effective approaches.

  • The results provide a valuable tool for decision making when choosing the most appropriate TE approach according to the patient's characteristics and preferences, because it is a key factor in improving adherence to treatment.

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Achilles tendinopathy physical impairments evaluated through clinician-friendly measures: a systematic review with meta-analysis and GRADE recommendations
Victor M.L.M. Ferreira, Rafael Z. Pinto, Guy Simoneau, Lívia S. Pogetti, Renan A. Resende, Juliana M. Ocarino
Highlights

  • Individuals with AT have impaired ankle plantar flexion endurance and hip extension strength.

  • Individuals with AT have decreased performance during hop tests.

  • Clinicians-friendly measures can identify impairments in individuals with AT.

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Editorial Board
Paula Rezende Camargo
Paula Rezende Camargo
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Vinicius Cunha Oliveira
Vinicius Cunha Oliveira
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, DIAMANTINA, Brazil
Cristine Homsi Jorge
Cristine Homsi Jorge
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Guy Simoneau
Guy Simoneau
Marquette University, Milwaukee, United States
Rafael Zambelli Pinto
Rafael Zambelli Pinto
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Federico Montero-Cuadrado, Laura Barrero-Santiago, Manuel Santos-Bermejo
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