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Changes

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The image and organization of a journal can be like a favorite sweater. If you wear the sweater often enough, you develop a bond with it. It becomes familiar and comfortable to you, despite its flaws. You may even resist replacing it when it begins to stretch out and wear. If, like me, you are one who holds on to familiarity, you have probably rarely seen a change in a journal that you initially liked. I therefore ask for your indulgence and thoughtful consideration of the changes being unveiled in Physical Therapy this month.

In journals, transactions are recorded, chronicles are kept. A journal serves its profession and society through peer review and dissemination of information and is a repository for a profession's vital information. Just as professions change, so must professional journals....

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