Physiotherapy, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences Journal

This issue highlights contemporary developments in physiotherapy and rehabilitation across the lifespan, with a particular focus on prevention, functional assessment, musculoskeletal management, therapeutic exercise, pediatric motor development, and evidence-based clinical practice.

The featured articles address the implementation of the World Falls Guidelines in Indonesia, fall risk among older adults, manual therapy for upper trapezius myofascial pain, exercise-based rehabilitation for knee osteoarthritis, the relationship between retained primitive reflexes and motor skills in preschool children, and physiotherapy management of plantar fasciitis.

Together, these contributions demonstrate the expanding role of physiotherapy in preventing disability, improving movement and functional performance, managing musculoskeletal disorders, and translating evidence into contextually relevant clinical practice. The issue provides perspectives spanning pediatric, adult, occupational, musculoskeletal, and geriatric rehabilitation and underscores the importance of patient-centered, evidence-informed, and function-oriented physiotherapy care.