| Discipline | Physiotherapy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Michele Harms |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1915-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 3.010 (2017) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Physiotherapy |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | PHSIAO |
| ISSN | 0031-9406 (print) 1873-1465 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 606003759 |
| Links | |
Physiotherapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal. It was established in 1915 and is published by Elsevier on behalf of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. [1]
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