The journal's writing rules and guidelines published by Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org) It was prepared taking into account the policies.

Writing rules
Articles must be prepared in accordance with ICMJE - Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication for Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (http://www.icmje.org). Authors must prepare articles in accordance with CONSORT. STROBE guidelines should be used for original research studies, PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and ARRIVE guidelines for experimental animal studies.
Turkish articles should be based on the Turkish Dictionary of the Turkish Language Association. English articles and English abstracts must be evaluated by a language expert before being sent to the journal. If the editor or field editors deem necessary, they may request the proofreader's certificate for the English article or English summary.
Original Article: It consists of research that provides basic or clinical information on a current and important subject, expands and advances previous studies, or brings a new approach to a classical subject. Original articles should not exceed 4000 words and the number of references should not exceed 40.
Case Report: Describes interesting facts, new ideas and techniques. Figures, tables and references should be at least sufficient to explain and support the text. The number of words should not exceed 2000 and the number of references should not exceed 20.
Editorial Comment: The Editorial Board may invite an author who is an expert in education and clinical practices to write an informative article or comment on a particular subject. The number of words should not exceed 1000 and the number of references should not exceed 10.
Invited Review/Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are prepared directly, while invited reviews are prepared by invited authors. It should be prepared to include current literature on all possible topics regarding health and rehabilitation sciences and clinical practices. It is particularly preferred that the authors have published publications on that subject. The number of words should not exceed 6000 and the number of references should not exceed 100.
Letter to the Editor: If the letter is a comment on an article published in the journal, the article to which it is dedicated (number and date) should be stated as the source. The response to the letter is given by the editor or the author(s) of the article, again by publishing it in the journal. The number of words in letters is limited to 500 and the number of references is limited to five.

Articles submitted for publication in the journal;
• The writing page should be A4 size and should be written with the PC compatible Microsoft Word program.
• “Times New Roman” font should be used, 12 point font, and all parts of the article should be 1.5 line spacing.
• There should be a 2.5 cm space on each side of the page.
• Pages (in the lower right corner) and lines should be numbered.
• The main headings of the article (Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References) should be stated in capital letters and bold font.
• Subheadings should be written in capital letters and bold font.
• Numerical values ​​given in the text are marked with a comma (,); in Turkish articles; Dots (.) should be used in English articles. In these given numerical values, two more digits of the number should be given after the comma or dot, excluding the p and r values ​​(Example: 13.31 or 15,21); p and r values ​​should be written with three digits after the comma/period.
• Abbreviations are given in parentheses at the first occurrence of the word and that abbreviation is used throughout the text. For internationally used abbreviations, you can refer to the 'Scientific Spelling Rules' resource.

Title Page
The title of the article should be short but descriptive of the content and compatible with the purpose. Abbreviations should not be used in the title. The article title must be written in Turkish and English. All Turkish and English titles should be written in capital letters and bold font. In addition, a short 40-character title of the article should be stated on the title page in Turkish and English. The word count of the article (excluding title page, references, tables, figures) should be written.
All authors' full names, surnames (written in capital letters) and academic titles, the institution they work for, contact information, Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) numbers, and the full name and address of the institution or institutions where the study was conducted should be stated. Parent numbering should be used for each author. The contact information of the author responsible for the communication must also be provided. The title page should include contact information for each author, including address, current email address, and telephone number.

summaries
Each article must contain Turkish and English abstracts.
Turkish Abstract and Keywords
The Turkish abstract should start on a separate page and should not exceed 250 words. The Turkish summary section should include the purpose of the study, the applied method, the most important findings and the conclusion. The abstract should have the title "Abstract" and be divided into subheadings "Purpose", "Method", "Results" and "Discussion". The p value should be stated in the “Results” section. In Turkish article summaries, comma (,) should be used for decimal numbers.
Keywords should not be less than 3 or more than 5. Keywords should be selected from the "Turkish Science Terms" list (http://www.bilimterimleri.com). Words outside the list can be used for a new concept that is not yet included in this list. Each of the keywords must start with a capital letter; They should be separated by commas and written in alphabetical order. If the article is in Turkish, the keywords in the English abstract should be listed in accordance with the alphabetical order of the Turkish keywords.

English Abstract and Keywords
The English abstract should start on a separate page and should not exceed 300 words. In the English summary, dots (.) should be used for decimal numbers. The English abstract should be divided into subheadings “Purpose”, “Methods”, “Results” and “Conclusion”. The English abstract and keywords must be exactly the same as the Turkish abstract and keywords. Keywords should be chosen from "MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)" terms.
For a new concept that is not yet included in the MeSH list, words outside the list can be used. Each of the keywords must start with a capital letter; They should be separated by commas and written in alphabetical order. If the article is in English, Turkish keywords will be listed according to the alphabetical order of English keywords.

Sections of a Research Paper
In Turkish articles, the article text consists of "Introduction", "Material and Method", "Findings" and "Discussion" sections. In English articles, there are “Introduction”, “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and “Discussion” sections. Abbreviations can be used for expressions that repeat more than once in the text. The explanation of the abbreviation should be stated at the first mention in the text.

Entrance
It should contain a summary of basic information obtained from previous publications on the topic of study.
The necessity and purpose of conducting the study should be briefly stated.

Method
The clinical, technical or experimental methods in the study should be clearly stated. Appropriate resources should be given for the method. In this section, authors must state that they conducted their studies on humans in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, that they received approval from the relevant ethics committee (the name of the ethics committee, date and protocol number should be written) and that informed consent was obtained from the participants.
The method section should include the subheading “Statistical analysis”. If animal elements are used in the study, the authors must state that they protect animal rights in line with the principles of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and that they have received approval from the relevant ethics committee.
A statement stating that publication approval has been obtained for photographs that may reveal the identity of the participants should be included in this section. If any statistical program is used for statistical analysis, the name of the software program used, version number, location, date and company information should be written. Information about statistical analysis methods and sample size calculation should be presented with justifications and supported with sources when necessary.

Results
The results should not contain any interpretations that are not based on numerical data. Data presented in tables should be avoided from being repeated in the text, and the most important results should be emphasized.

Argument
The discussion should begin with information about the most important results obtained in the study. The results obtained from the study should be interpreted and correlated with the results of previous studies. In the discussion, the limitations of the study and its contribution to the literature and clinical practices should be stated. It should be avoided to repeat the findings in the "Results" section and tables in detail in the discussion section. Data not obtained in the research should not be discussed.

The following headings should be added with their explanations after the discussion section:
• Supporting Organization: If there are supporting organizations, they should be specified.
• Conflict of Interest: If there is a conflict of interest, it should be stated.
• Author Contributions: Authors' contributions to the article should be stated. Contributions should be grouped under the headings of idea/concept, design, supervision/consultancy, resources and funding, materials, data collection and/or processing, analysis and/or interpretation, literature review, article writing, critical review.
• Explanations: If the article has been previously presented in the form of an abstract and/or a paper, information about the scientific meeting at which it was presented, the place of presentation, date and, if published, the publication in which it was published should be stated in the "Remarks" section.
• Acknowledgments: Information about individuals and/or organizations who do not meet the criteria of being an author but provided support during the research (reading the article, writing, technical support, language and statistical support, etc.) should be stated in the "Acknowledgments" section as briefly and concisely as possible.

resources
References should be placed immediately after the main text of the article. “VANCOUVER” writing style should be used in the text and list writing of the sources. When using resources, care should be taken to ensure that resources older than 10 years do not exceed 15% of the total number of resources. References should be numbered in Arabic numbers in the order in which they appear in the text, table descriptions and figure captions, within round brackets "()" before the period, at the end of the sentence or the name referred to in the sentence.
If more than one reference number is specified, the numbers should be separated by a comma and a space. If there are more than two consecutive numbers, they should be written with a hyphen between the smallest and largest numbers. Examples: (2, 5, 7); (3-7).
In the references list, the issue and volume number of the journal cited must be written. When writing page numbers, only the changing digits of the starting and ending page numbers should be written. Examples: 45-8 instead of 45-48, 219-22 instead of 219-222.
References should be arranged in the language in which the article was taken and as seen in the examples below:
• Articles in magazines
Tkacova R, Toth S, Sin DD. Inhaled corticosteroids and survival in COPD patients receiving long-term home oxygen therapy. Respir Med 2006;100(3):385-92.
• Additional number (Supplement)
Solca M. Acute pain management: Unmet needs and new advances in pain management. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2002;19(Suppl 25):3-10.
• Article in early view (E-pub)
Butterly SJ, Pillans P, Horn B, Miles R, Sturtevant J. Off-label use of rituximab in a tertiary Queensland hospital. Intern Med J doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01988.x
• Book
Bilgehan H. Clinical Microbiology. 2nd Edition. Izmir: Bilgehan Printing House; 1986:137-40.
• Book section
McEwen WK, Goodner IK. Secretion of tears and blinking. In: Davson H (ed). The Eye. Vol. 3, 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press; 1969:34-78.
• Internet article
Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: The ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet] 2002 [cited 12 Aug 2002]. Available from: www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/wawatch.htm
• Website
Cancer-pain.org [homepage on the Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources [updated 16 May 2002; cited 9 July 2002]. Available from: www.cancer-pain.org

Tables
Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word file format, placed at the end of the article, each on separate pages, and numbered in the order in which they appear in the main text. The total number of tables and figures should be at most 6. Font size should be 10 points in the table title, content and notes sections of tables.
A short title should be written for each column heading in tables. The first letter of each word in the columns of the tables must be capitalized. The table number and title should be located at the top of the table; The table number should be written in bold font and separated from the table title with a period (.). (Example: Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants).
Vertical lines should not be used in tables. There should only be horizontal lines before and after the first line and at the end of the table. P values ​​in the table should be indicated with *, **. Notes and explanations of abbreviations used in the table should be written at the bottom of the table. When writing the explanation of abbreviations, the abbreviation should be written first, and the clear version of the abbreviation should be written after the colon (:). Abbreviations must be separated from each other by commas. The units of the variables used in the table should be stated in parentheses. Units covering a certain range should be expressed numerically with the range slice. In the decimal numbers given in the table, in Turkish articles, comma (,); Period (.) should be used in English articles. In the decimal numbers given in the tables, two digits should be written after the comma or period (Example: 31,12 or 20.10). Values ​​other than average, percentage and median values ​​(p, r, etc.) should be written as three digits after the comma/period.

shapes
Figure captions should be placed on a separate page after the tables. Figures must be uploaded as a separate file in high quality JPEG, TIFF, PNG format. Photos used in the article should be clear. Photographs and figures should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. In photographs containing human elements, authors must obtain written permission from the person and take precautions to conceal their identity. The permission text must be sent to the journal with the article. In the first paragraph of the "METHOD" section, information regarding publication approval should be given.

Article Submission Format
Articles will be uploaded in Microsoft Office Word file format in two copies, both with and without author names, after registering as a user to the Journal's electronic article submission system. All institutions mentioned in the Word file without author names (including the institution where ethics committee approval was obtained) must be closed with an "X" and this text must be uploaded to the "Full Text" file, and the text with the author and institution names must be uploaded to the file titled "Additional File".
Article Evaluation Process: The journal's publication process is governed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Journal Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Association of European Science Editors (EASE) and National Information. Complies with Standards Organization (NISO) guidelines. The author can follow the evaluation process of the article through the Journal's electronic article submission system. Manuscripts sent to the journal will first be evaluated by the technical editor in terms of compliance with the journal guidelines. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's guidelines will be re-sent to the author with requests for technical corrections. Articles will be evaluated by at least two external referees who are experts in the relevant field, and referee reports will be notified to the author responsible for communication. In articles requiring revision, the author must respond verbatim to the referee comments and upload the revised version of the article. This process is repeated until the editorial board approves the article.

Publishing Rights Transfer Agreement
Conflict of Interest Declaration Form

General Information
Laodicea Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences, the official publication of Pamukkale University Faculty of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, is an open-access, free, scientific publication published electronically and in print in accordance with the principles of independent, impartial and double-blind refereeing. The magazine is published once a year in December. The writing language is Turkish and English.
The journal publishes original research, invited reviews, systematic review and meta-analysis studies, interesting case reports and letters to the editor. The aim of the journal is to publish original studies of the highest scientific, ethical and clinical value regarding health and rehabilitation.
Laodicea Rehabilitation Sciences ensures that the articles it publishes must not have been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere and must not have commercial concerns. It undertakes that the article to be published has been indirectly or explicitly approved by all authors and the responsible person at the place where the work was carried out, and that if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form in Turkish, English or any other language.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
Editor and Field Editors
Editors and field editors have ethical duties and responsibilities based on the "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published as open access by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Editors and field editors:
• Ensuring that every article published in the journal is published in accordance with the journal publication policies and international standards,
• Improving the quality, originality and readability of the journal,
• Conducting business processes in a transparent manner without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• They are responsible for taking precautions against relationships and conflicts of interest that may arise between authors, referees and third parties in order to complete the impartial and independent evaluation processes of the articles.
Editors make positive or negative decisions based on the importance of the studies, their original value, validity, clarity of expression, and the aims and objectives of the journal. They implement the "Blind Review and Evaluation Process" policies included in the journal publication policies. In this context, editors ensure that the evaluation process of each study is completed fairly, impartially and on time, without conflict of interest. An external, independent editor may be invited to manage the evaluation processes of articles written by the journal's editor or editorial board members.
referees
Manuscripts sent to Laodicea Rehabilitation Sciences go through a double-blind peer review process. To ensure an unbiased review process, each submission is reviewed by at least two independent reviewers who are experts in their field. Referees are obliged to keep information regarding the manuscript confidential. In case of a conflict of interest, the referees notify Laodicea Rehabilitation Sciences about this issue.
Referees cannot use the work sent to them for any purpose until the evaluation process is completed and published. Referees should use a polite and constructive language when evaluating the article and avoid bad comments and expressions. Referees are responsible for evaluating the article in a timely manner and paying attention to ethical rules.

writers
The scientific content of the articles and their compliance with ethical rules are the responsibility of the author(s). Research protocols of experimental and clinical studies and case reports must be approved by the ethics committee in accordance with international agreements (World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki "Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects" www.wma.net).
Research that has received ethics committee approval and is conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki is accepted into the journal. In studies conducted with human elements, authors must state in the "METHOD" section of the article that they conducted the study in accordance with these principles and that they received "informed consent or consent forms" from the ethics committees of their institutions and the people who participated in the study. Authors should be able to document informed consent or consent forms from patients or participants when necessary. Information regarding the participant's approval, the name of the ethics committee and the ethics committee approval number should also be stated in the "METHOD" section of the manuscript. For studies that do not require ethics committee approval, an exemption certificate obtained from ethics committees appropriate to the design and content of the study or an informational statement written by the responsible author (for meta-analysis, systematic review, invited review) must be uploaded to the system. If animal elements were used in the study, the authors state in the "METHOD" section of the article that they protect animal rights in their studies in line with the principles of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5140.html) and that they have received approval from the ethics committees of their institutions. must specify. Each person listed as an author must meet all four of the authorship criteria recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJEwww.icmje.org) and shown below:
• Must contribute to the planning of the study, collection of data or analysis and interpretation of data,
• Must contribute to the preparation or revision of the article draft,
• Must read and accept the final version of the article to be sent to the journal and published,
• Must agree with other authors that questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work have been appropriately investigated and resolved, and must be accountable for the work in all its aspects.
The scientific content of the articles and their compliance with ethical rules are the responsibility of the authors. All studies will be scanned by the journal's technical editorial board using licensed similarity detection software (CrossCheck by iThenticate/intihal.net). The similarity rate in the content of the article, other than the contents of references, tables and figures, should not be over 20% and there should be no similarity with the authors' previous works. Articles with a similarity rate above 20% are rejected without being sent to the referee. If plagiarism, citation manipulation and data forgery/fabrication are suspected or detected, the editorial board will follow and act in accordance with COPE guidelines. The author responsible for communication is the author who carries out all kinds of correspondence from the presentation stage of the article to its printing. Contact writer:
• Ethics committee approval certificate,
• Copyright transfer form (Must be signed. Author names cannot be added and the order of authors cannot be changed later, except for those who have signed this form.)
• Author contribution form
• Conflict of interest form
• The broadcasting rights agreement documents must be scanned and uploaded to the system.
Quotations, tables, figures, etc. previously published in the article, books or magazines. If available, authors must obtain written permission from the copyright owner and authors of the relevant article, table, figure, survey and scale (survey/scales for which special permission or certificate is required for use in validity and reliability studies); must send the permission letter along with the article and indicate this in the article. For photographs that may reveal the identity of the patients, signed permissions of the patient or their legal representative must be added and it must be stated in the "METHOD" section that these permissions have been obtained. If the papers presented at scientific meetings have been previously presented and/or published in abstract form, they must be stated on the title page.

Copyright
All copyrights of the articles published in our journal belong to Pamukkale University Faculty of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.

Disclaimer
The statements or opinions in the articles published in Laodicea Rehabilitation Sciences reflect the views of the authors, not the views of the editors, editorial board or publisher. The editors, the editorial board and the publisher do not accept any responsibility or liability for such material. The final responsibility for the published content lies with the authors.