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The Role of Dialogue and Discussion

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Articles that appear in Physical Therapy have passed through what is generally agreed upon to be a rather demanding peer-review process, a process that is designed to assist authors in refining and improving their manuscripts and to ensure that all published papers meet a minimal level of credibility. We do not publish research papers unless we believe that the paper is appropriate for our readers and contains a credible method used in an appropriate manner to answer a meaningful question.

If the process is so rigorous, why do we often invite commentaries and conduct conferences in which people comment on articles? It's certainly not because we have second thoughts or hesitations about the articles! If we have concerns about a paper, either we will not publish it or we will continue to work with the authors to eliminate the source of our concerns....

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