Ⅴ．Abstract Submission

1. Period for Submission
   
   Submission Opening at 00:00 on 15th (MON) April 2019
   Submission Closing at 14:00 on 31st (FRI) May 2019
    
2. Please attach the registration form (Excel) and the abstract (Word) and send it to the following E-mail address.
   
   Abstract registration E-mail address: jscvpt2019@jspt.ne.jp

Ⅵ．Abstracts are invited in the following categories:

1. English General Oral Presentation 
2. English Poster Session

Select one from the category specified by the scientific society to which you register your abstract.

※Duplicate submission, such as the same abstract as in another session or the English translation of other submitted or published original abstract, is NOT allowed.

※The final presentation format (Oral, Poster) may be different from your request. Whilst you may indicate your preferable format on your submission, the congress committee will assign to sessions depending on the result of the review.

Ⅶ．[NOTICE] Ethical Approval

• You must ensure that your research was carried out ethically in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association.
• In particular, regarding research that may invade privacy or affect human body, please specify that informed consent was obtained from the person in the field [Ethical consideration and Informed consent]
• Also, if the research is approved by the ethics committee of the organization to which the speakers belong, please describe that in this field. If there is no such description, the abstract may not be adopted.

Ⅷ．Structure of an Abstract

1. Abstract body [maximum 1600 characters]
2. Abstract body must be structured with the following headings: 【Background】【Methods or Cases】【Results】【Discussion】【Conclusion】【Ethical consideration】
   Do not modify the name of any heading.
   You cannot enter anything other than text (such as charts, movies, audio, etc.).
3. Keywords
   Use up to 3 words to describe your work.
4. Maximums number of co-authors and affiliations
   You may enter the name of affiliation for both first author and co-authors. Maximums number of authors’ name that you may enter is totally 10 including first author and co-authors. Maximum number or affiliations that you may enter is totally 10.

Both principle speaker and co-speakers can register their institution. Use the shortest form for the institution name but avoid use of abbreviation. Also, exclude the corporate name and department name. When registering multiple abstracts from the same institution, please unify its name.

Ⅸ．Peer review policy

Abstracts submitted for the 4th Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Physical Therapy are reviewed under the following peer review policy.

1. Selection and registration of reviewers
   1. Candidate reviewers will be selected by the member subgroups of the Japanese Society of Physical Therapy Association, mainly from specialized physical therapists approved by the Japanese Physical Therapy Association considering their experience.
   2. A person who accepts registration as a reviewer selects subdivisions that he/she can review in the acceptance procedure.
2. Reviewer allocation
   1. Three reviewers peer review one submitted abstract.
   2. A reviewer will not be allocated to the abstract of which the reviewer is the speaker (both principle and co-speaker) as well as the abstract submitted from the institution to which the reviewer belongs.
3. Peer review criteria
   1. Rating: The reviewer scores the following seven items according to separately defined criteria with a 5-stage ordinal scale.
      1. Originality
      2. Contribution to physical therapy development
      3. Abstract contents : "Abstract title and keywords"
      4. Abstract contents: "Background"
      5. Abstract contents : "Methods" or "Case"
      6. Abstract contents: "Results"
      7. Abstract contents: "Conclusion"
      8. Abstract contents: "Ethical consideration"
   2. Subject Classification: The member subgroup decides whether the subdivision classification is appropriate.
   3. Comment: the whole impression and advice etc. can be described in free-writing form.
   4. Ethical consideration of the abstract is peer reviewed and examined at each member subgroup.
4. Acceptance / Rejection
   Acceptance or Rejection will be decided by the academic conference director in the end after the review by the preparation committee.

Please note if you do not agree with the peer review policy, you cannot register your abstracts