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Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Sports Rehabilitation

Submit before February 1, 2025

You are invited to submit a manuscript for consideration in the special issue entitled “Sports Rehabilitation: From Injury to Return to the Field, All Possible Strategies for all Possible Patients”. For this issue, the editors will consider manuscripts on new strategies and new technologies applied to sports rehabilitation, focusing on different sports and sports-related injuries. Original contributions on physical therapy for professional- and amateur athletes, as well as on new advancements in the sector of Paralympic sports will be welcome. 

Topics include but are not limited to: 

  • Sports rehabilitation for athletes with disabilities
  • Novelties in adapted physical activity
  • Epidemiology and treatment of sports-related injuries
  • Sports as a rehabilitation tool for chronic diseases and musculoskeletal pain 
  • Return to the field for professionals and amateurs
  • Innovations in physical therapy for sports injuries
  • Advancements in diagnosis, evaluation and therapy in sports rehabilitation
  • Case examples on the above or related topics 

Guest Editors

Dr Giacomo Farì, MD, PhD giacomo.fari@unisalento.it 
Prof Andrea Bernetti, MD andrea.bernetti@unisalento.it

Timeline:

November 1, 2024: Special issue open for submissions
February 1, 2025: Manuscript submission deadline
April 1, 2025: Reviews provided to authors
June 1, 2025: Final manuscripts due
Winter 2025/Spring 2026: Publication of the special issue

About the Journal

The Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (impact factor: 1.4) mainly focuses on presenting relevant information about the interdisciplinary approach to musculoskeletal rehabilitation for clinicians who treat patients with back and musculoskeletal pain complaints. It provides readers with both 1) a general fund of knowledge on the assessment and management of back and musculoskeletal disorders and 2) new information considered to be state-of-the-art in the field. The intended audience is multidisciplinary as well as multi-specialty.

Instructions for Authors

Additional information about the journal, including detailed instructions for authors can be found at the journal’s website. Submissions should be submitted to the journal's online submission system, ScholarOne - under Section: Sports Rehabilitation.