THE INDEX

Every paper we have read

Each one summarised from the full article, not its abstract, and kept only if it speaks to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology or nursing. Newest first.

35,183 PAPERS · PAGE 230 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPOther2025Electrophysiological Responses to Spectral Ripple Envelope Phase Inversion in 3-Month-Olds and Adults.Ear and hearingIn 3-month-olds and adults, the acoustic change complex was detected in response to the 1 ripple-per-octave change but rarely to the 8 ripple-per-octave change. This supports it as a possible objective probe of infant auditory discrimination.
• SLPOther2025Ethyl Cinnamate-Based Tissue Clearing Technique on Vocal Fold Mucosa with Vasculature Model.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationA modified ethyl cinnamate tissue clearing method made canine vocal fold mucosa transparent enough for 3D imaging of vessel-like structures. No clinical outcomes were tested. It is a laboratory technique, not a patient treatment or diagnostic test.
• PTRCT2026Efficacy of Incremental Vestibular Ocular Reflex Adaptation Training on Gait, Balance, and Quality of Life in Individuals With Chronic Peripheral Vestibular Hypofunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationNo difference was found between StableEyes gaze stability training and traditional gaze stability exercises on gait, balance, or symptoms. Both groups improved over time, but because all participants also received balance and gait exercises, no single treatment can be credited.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2026What Constitutes Effective Support and Provision Within Day Service Centres for People With Intellectual Disabilities? A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRPeople with intellectual disabilities and staff valued day services that offered communication, choice, relationship-building, varied activities and community contact. These themes came from qualitative studies; the review did not test whether they improve outcomes.
• PTOTSystematic Review2026Evaluating the Effectiveness and Technique Composition of Combined Motor Learning and Behavior Change Strategies for Movement Behavior in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationCombining motor learning, behavior change, self-management support, and exercise therapy may improve how people with chronic musculoskeletal pain moved, but not how much they moved. Effects on daily activities were inconsistent.
• SLPQualitative2026Sign language ideologies in deaf education in Trinidad and Tobago.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationDeaf students often arrived at school without formal sign language. Interpreters sometimes taught sign instead of interpreting. Deaf adults linked their school struggles to interpreter skill, teacher roles, and lack of early sign language access.
• SLPCohort2026An Exploratory Assessment on Differing Supplemental Feeding Methods and Associated Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Outcomes.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationChildren and teens after acquired brain injury improved diet level during inpatient rehabilitation. Among those nil by mouth at admission, gastrostomy tube status was associated with larger cognitive gains, but tube choice was not random.
• OTSLPCase-Control2026Cortical Network Overconnectivity Relates to Sensory, Cognitive, and Social Dimensions in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchStronger alpha brain network connections in children with autism were linked to differences in cognition, sensory processing and social behaviour. The connections involved attention and sensory networks.
• PTOTSystematic Review2026Clinical implementation of virtual reality in neurorehabilitation: a scoping review of barriers, facilitators, and motivational factors.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesClinicians perceived VR as a useful add-on, but adoption was uneven. Funding, training, technical support and workflow were barriers; patient motivation, peer support and management commitment helped.
• SLPOther2026Health literacy of the Deaf community: a scoping review.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationDeaf sign language users showed lower health literacy than hearing people in all 11 comparison studies, with inadequate knowledge across many conditions. Sign-language education raised knowledge, but follow-up evidence was limited.
• PTOTCase Report2026Ultrasound-Guided Alcohol Neurolysis for Poststroke Upper Limb Spasticity to Facilitate Arteriovenous Fistula Creation in Hemodialysis: A Case Report.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn one dialysis-dependent stroke survivor, ultrasound-guided alcohol neurolysis of arm nerves reduced spasticity and pain and improved positioning, allowing fistula creation. It was given with stretching, orthoses, strengthening, electrical stimulation and lidocaine, so its independent effect is unclear.
• OTQualitative2026Securing Educational Support for Children With Rare Genetic Conditions: Mothers' Experiences and Impacts on the Family.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRSixteen mothers described securing school support for children with rare genetic conditions as a years-long fight that caused massive stress, changed work, strained relationships, and some were prescribed medication for stress, anxiety and low mood.
• PTCase Report2026Atypical Central Neuropathic Pain Following Stroke Presenting With Distal Movement-Evoked Shoulder Pain: A Case Report.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn a patient after right basal ganglia hemorrhage, passive wrist and finger extension caused severe left shoulder pain despite shoulder treatments. This pattern suggested centrally mediated pain; neuropathic medications gave only partial relief.
• SLPQualitative2026Ideologies toward CSL: SL perceptions in the 2025 Chinese Spring Festival Gala.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationPublic comments praised the Gala's sign language translation, especially deaf interpreters' facial expressions. Deaf users saw it as inclusion but reported delayed access, small screens, and translation they could not fully understand.
• PTCohort2026Clustering of Sedentary Behavior and Longitudinal Changes in Patients With Stroke Undergoing Rehabilitation.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTStroke patients in inpatient rehabilitation clustered into low, moderate, and high sedentary groups. Sedentary time fell and breaks rose overall, but the pattern of change differed by group.
• SLPQualitative2026Perceptions of Deaf education in the Deaf community.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationDeaf adults in Finland, Ireland and the UK said education was not giving Deaf children meaningful sign language access. They wanted bilingual Deaf education, not mainstreaming or mixed sign and speech approaches, and said laws had not fixed this.
• PTMeta-Analysis2026Efficacy of cervical physical therapy on pain sensitivity in patients with migraine compared to no treatment, sham treatment or usual medical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapyCervical physical therapy increased pain pressure thresholds in the sternocleidomastoid and frontal muscles in people with migraine. Effects were not significant in the upper trapezius, occipital, or temporal muscles. The evidence quality is very low to low, so these findings should not yet change clinical practice.
• PTOTCohort2026Temporal Variability in Routine Mobility Documentation as an Early Signal of Functional Decline in Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Feasibility and Methods Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationRoutine mobility documentation variability could be calculated for all 182 residents. Higher week-to-week variability was exploratorily linked with decline, longer stay, and less community discharge, not tested as a cause.
• OTSLPQualitative2026Deaf older adults' experiences of receiving old age care support.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationSix Swedish Deaf older adults said care staff who did not sign left them unable to choose help, share needs, or trust visits. They relied on relatives, paper notes, lip-reading, and felt isolated.
• SLPNarrative Review2026Avoiding unintended consequences: science of reading policies may harm deaf children.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationNo new study data are reported. The paper reviews prior evidence and warns that one-size-fits-all phonics policies can harm deaf children.
• SLPOther2026Evaluating Scoring Mechanisms for Measuring the Stroop Effect in Individuals With Down Syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRScoring the Cat/Dog Stroop task by dividing correct responses by completion time was the only method that worked well for both children and adults with Down syndrome. Most existing studies used accuracy alone, which produced skewed data and made comparisons between papers difficult.
• SLPCohort2026Cortical Auditory Neural Responses to Speech and Communicative Functioning in Normocephalic Children With Prenatal Exposure to the Zika Virus.Ear and hearingDirect language tests did not separate exposed and non-exposed children. Caregivers reported lower everyday communication and socialization in exposed children. Brain responses sorted speech sounds at different stages.
• OTCohort2026Prevalence of Psychotropic Use and Psychotropic Polypharmacy in a Finnish National Cohort of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR42.3% of people with recorded intellectual disability in Finland had psychotropics dispensed, versus 15.0% in matched controls without intellectual disability. Antipsychotics were most common, and 18.2% had psychotropic polypharmacy.
• Other2026Counting, Cardinality and Conservation in Autistic Children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic children aged 4 to 7 counted as accurately as peers and understood how many items were counted, but were slower and lower on tasks about whether rearranged objects kept the same number. They used pointing and counting aloud more.
• SLPQualitative2026Story dramas: an exploratory study toward a deaf-led arts-integration model.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationInstructors in one bimodal bilingual deaf preschool classroom reported children used story vocabulary during play, snack, and gym. They also described more expressive signing, turn taking, and student leadership.
• OTOther2026Action and lumbar forces during hospital bed handling: A comparative study.Work (Reading, Mass.)Moving twelve hospital beds by one person produced high forces and lumbar loads above guidelines. Beds B1, B2, and B7 showed particularly high spinal loads, and B1 and B7 lacked a fifth caster.
• SLPRCT2026Novel Proactive Speech-Language Intervention Is More Effective Than Usual Care: Randomized Controlled Trial of Babble Boot Camp for Infants With Classic Galactosemia.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRInfants with classic galactosemia who received speech-language coaching before 6 months scored within typical limits at 2.5 years. Starting before 6 months looked better than starting at 15 months, but the two coached groups were not clearly separated.
• PTMeta-Analysis2026Effects of Telerehabilitation on Functional and Other Health-Related Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn adults with colorectal cancer, telerehabilitation did not improve physical function, the main outcome. Quality of life scores were higher, but the gain was smaller than the level considered clinically meaningful.
• SLPCohort2026Disorders of Consciousness in Acute Care: Application of the CRS-R and Respiratory, Swallowing, and Discharge Outcomes at a Level 1 Trauma Hospital.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn 68 adults with severe disorders of consciousness, consciousness improved by discharge. Many tolerated speaking-valve and capping trials, and swallowing progressed from no oral intake, but this was descriptive.
• Other2026Atypical Attentional Effort During Visual Search in Autistic Adults: Evidence From Task-Evoked Pupillary Responses.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults showed no faster reaction times than non-autistic adults in visual search, but their pupils dilated less. When the task became visually difficult, autistic adults were more accurate. This suggests they use less mental effort for similar speed, or better perception under pressure.
• SLPOther2026Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Catatonia in Down Syndrome Regression Disorder: A Systematic Review, Case Series, and Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPeople with Down syndrome who had catatonia and lost skills or speech showed lower catatonia severity scores after ECT. Many also received other treatments at the same time, so ECT alone cannot be credited.
• OTCohort2026Sleep in Young Children With Autism, ADHD and Combined Presentations.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchCaregiver reports did not show different sleep patterns over time between children later diagnosed with autism, ADHD, both, or no diagnosis. Toddlers with diagnoses had more problems in some sleep areas, especially parasomnias and perceived sleep duration.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Bibliometric and Thematic Review of Research Studies Reporting Swallowing Data across Multiple Consistencies (2012-2024).DysphagiaResearch on swallowing across food and liquid textures has grown, but many studies do not clearly define dysphagia, confirm it, or describe participants. Check how texture and diagnosis were defined before applying findings to diet changes.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-Related Clinical Burden and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity Among Special Operations Forces (SOF): Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Inferences.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAmong 105 Special Operations Forces in TBI rehab, higher baseline PTSD scores went with more brain-injury symptoms and worse daily function. But only poor daily function predicted faster PTSD improvement over time. Brain-injury symptom counts alone did not predict how PTSD changed.
• SLPOther2026Combining Nonword and Sentence Repetition to Identify Developmental Language Disorder.International journal of language & communication disordersCombining Vietnamese nonword and sentence repetition items caught 85.7% of children with DLD and correctly cleared 81.6% of typical children, better than either task alone. Cross-validation was unstable, so this is not ready as a standalone clinical test.
• OTSLPOther2026Adaptive Functioning, Sensory Processing, and Behavioral Problems in Autistic Children: The Moderating Role of Gender.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn autistic children similar in age and intelligence, girls had more behavioral problems and weaker everyday communication, while boys had more sensory difficulties. Everyday skills were linked to behavior in girls, but not boys.
• SLPOther2026Acoustic Markers of Laryngeal Function and Swallowing Safety in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An Exploratory Study.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn older adults, self-reported swallowing and voice symptoms did not match endoscopic airway invasion. A connected-speech noise measure was the most consistent acoustic signal linked to invasion, but this was exploratory and needs checking.
• SLPRCT2026Characterizing Caregiver-Child Interactions Through a Transactional Lens: A Baseline Analysis of a Caregiver-Implemented Intervention.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRIn baseline play, caregivers of toddlers at risk for DLD used more vocabulary strategies when children communicated more, and more sentence strategies when children used more different words. Each responsive strategy made child next-turn word overlap about three to four times more likely.
• SLPOther2026Upward Effortful Pitch Glide as a Predictor of Pharyngeal Constriction in Individuals With Upper Versus Lower Motor Neuron Lesions.American journal of speech-language pathologyDuring an upward pitch glide, nasoendoscopic ratings of pharyngeal constriction matched fluoroscopic swallowing measures in lower motor neuron lesions but not upper motor neuron lesions. For upper motor neuron dysphagia, do not infer swallowing constriction from the glide alone.
• PTCase Report2026Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Presenting With Paraplegia and a Neurogenic Bladder: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationA 12-year-old with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and urinary retention regained walking and voiding after steroids, antivirals, antibiotics, catheter training, leg rehabilitation, tibial nerve stimulation and pelvic floor work. Natural recovery and these other treatments mean this is not proof of benefit.
• OTSLPCohort2026Through Parents' Eyes: Perspectives on Child Development and Family Experience During ESDM Intervention.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents reported child progress across communication, play, daily living, and social domains, plus improved parenting skills and family well-being during six months of intensive therapist-delivered ESDM plus weekly parent coaching. Parental anxiety decreased; depression stayed stable.
• PTOTPilot2026Adjustable Pediatric Prosthetic Sockets to Accommodate Growth in Children and Adolescents With Limb Loss.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationChildren using an adjustable prosthesis reported better temperature regulation and adjustability than with their conventional devices. Gait speed and socket pressure were unchanged. Half preferred the adjustable socket, but running was often limited by the attached foot components.
• SLPOther2026Interprofessional Education with Graduate Students in Dietetics and Speech-Language Pathology: A Sequential-Explanatory Investigation.Seminars in speech and languageAfter two one-hour dysphagia team learning sessions, graduate speech-language and dietetics students reported higher teamwork, role clarity, and perceived patient-outcome impact. Their reflections showed sharper role boundaries and shared risk reasoning.
• SLPOther2026Efficient Language Sampling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: Evaluating Reliability Across Length, Timing, and Context.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRFor deaf and hard of hearing preschool children's spoken English samples, 3 to 5 minutes were enough for reliable language measures; 1-minute beginning samples were not. Timing and play versus conversation mattered little.
• Cohort2026Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Among Youth With Autism and ADHD: A Population-Based Study From Sweden.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchADHD youth used sexual and reproductive health services more than peers. Autistic youth used them less, especially in person. Digital visits showed smaller differences, but most care was in person.
• SLPOther2026Implementation of a Self-Help Swallowing Exercise Program in Head and Neck Cancer.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)Head Matters was adopted by 13 of 14 Dutch head and neck cancer centres and implemented in 11. Professionals found it usable, but barriers included low digital literacy, fatigue, unclear responsibilities, and limited long-term outcome evidence. This describes rollout, not proven swallowing benefit.
• PTPilot2026The effect of targeted upper cervical musculoskeletal management on the frequency and burden of migraine headache in adults - a single cohort pilot study.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapyEight of ten women with migraine and restricted upper neck rotation had at least 50% lower migraine frequency three months after four manual therapy sessions, exercises, and education. Neck rotation symmetry improved in nine. Without a control group, this cannot show treatment caused these changes.
• PTSystematic Review2026Efficacy of manual therapy by different healthcare professionals on pain and function in temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapyManual therapy reduces pain and improves mouth opening in TMD patients in the short term, regardless of the practitioner's profession. However, evidence quality is low to moderate, with few long-term data, so sustained benefits are unproven.
• PTOther2026Sex Differences During Star Excursion Balance Test in Individuals With Chronic Hip-Related Groin Pain.Journal of sport rehabilitationIn 28 adults with chronic hip-related groin pain, males and females reached similar distances on the modified Star Excursion Balance Test. In some reaches, females showed more hip adduction, more pelvic drop, less trunk flexion, and smaller hip flexion moments.
• PTOTOther2026Recovery After Nontraumatic Lower Limb Amputation: A Scoping Review of Longitudinal Research Studies.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAfter nontraumatic lower limb amputation, research mostly tracked early physical and pain outcomes. Across 85 studies, only 7 covered prosthetic training and 1 covered life-long care. This maps gaps, not treatment effects.