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Physiotherapy is the official journal of the CSP and members have online access to the journal via the Elsevier website. The journal publishes original research and helps facilitate continuing professional development for physiotherapists and other health professions worldwide.

Physiotherapy journal publishes articles reporting scientific research, systematic or narrative reviews, educational, theoretical or debate articles, brief reports, case histories or single case studies.

All submitted papers should demonstrate methodological rigour. Physiotherapy is peer reviewed by an international panel.

Full aims and scope of Physiotherapy journal

The current aims and scope of Physiotherapy journal are as follows:

• to publish original research and facilitate continuing professional development for physiotherapists and other health professionals for physiotherapists and other health professionals worldwide.
• advance physiotherapy itself 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 has a long prestigious history: the first edition was published in July 1915 (Vol. 1 No. 1) and was then known as the 'Journal of the Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses'. See our history page if you'd like to find out more.

Copyright permission requests

Although the CSP owns the copyright of any articles that appear in the 'Physiotherapy' journal, copyright permission requests (e.g. non-commercial reproduction, commercial reproduction, or multiple copy reproduction) of 'Physiotherapy' journal articles or substantial parts of articles are handled by Elsevier (our commercial publishing partner).

For further details regarding how to submit a copyright permission request please see the permissions page on the elsevier website