Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
Last updated ISSN 0190-6011
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy is published by American Physical Therapy Association in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Key facts
| Publisher | American Physical Therapy Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0190-6011, 1938-1344 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,870 |
| Publishing since | 1979 |
| Journal website | www.jospt.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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