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 252 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOTCohort2016Physical activity outside of structured therapy during inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationDuring inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation, activity outside PT and OT was low. Half of the time was sedentary leisure. Wrist and hip accelerometers showed more movement by discharge, but self-report did not detect it.
• PTRCT2016Locomotor training through a novel robotic platform for gait rehabilitation in pediatric population: short report.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThree children with spastic diplegia walked faster, took more steps per minute and had longer steps after 10 sessions on a robotic gait trainer. Because each child had different goals and no control group, this does not prove the robot caused the gains.
• PTCohort2017Nonsurgical Treatment Choices by Individuals with Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation in the United States: Associations with Long-term Outcomes.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationFor sciatica from a herniated lumbar disc, patients who had physical therapy in the first six weeks did not have better pain or disability at one year than those who did not. The physical therapy group used more opioids early.
• PTCohort2017Corpus Callosum Structural Integrity Is Associated With Postural Control Improvement in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis Who Have Minimal Disability.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairIn people with mild MS, better white-matter integrity between brain hemispheres was associated with larger gains in anticipating a moving platform. It was not linked to gains in controlling sway amplitude, or to 24-hour retention of those gains.
• PTOTOther2017Posture-Dependent Corticomotor Excitability Differs Between the Transferred Biceps in Individuals With Tetraplegia and the Biceps of Nonimpaired Individuals.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairThe transferred biceps in people with tetraplegia is more electrically excitable at rest in an overhead reach posture than in healthy controls. This suggests therapists should test which posture works best for each patient rather than assuming a standard position.
• SLPCase-Control2017Lexical tone recognition in noise in normal-hearing children and prelingually deafened children with cochlear implants.International journal of audiologyChildren with cochlear implants recognized Mandarin tones worse than normal-hearing peers, and noise worsened them further. Tone 2 and 3 were most confused. In quiet, their scores were like normal-hearing children at -6 dB.
• Case-Control2017Reduced modulation of thalamocortical connectivity during exposure to sensory stimuli in ASD.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchYouth with autism had smaller changes in thalamus-cortex connectivity during scratchy fabric plus traffic sounds than controls. Their thalamus-amygdala connectivity increased during the task, and it tracked sensory over-responsivity across the sample. No treatment tested.
• SLPOther2017Lateralization of Interaural Level Differences with Multiple Electrode Stimulation in Bilateral Cochlear-Implant Listeners.Ear and hearingBilateral cochlear implant users often hear sounds intended to be centered in the head as shifted to one side. Adjusting electrode levels to correct these biases significantly reduced them, potentially improving spatial hearing.
• SLPCase-Control2017Behavioral and emotional problems in high-functioning girls and boys with autism spectrum disorders: Parents' reports and adolescents' self-reports.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceGirls and boys with ASD did not differ in behavioral or emotional problems. Both groups reported more withdrawn, anxious/depressed, and social problems than matched peers, and parents rated them higher on all scales.
• PTOther2017Polestriding Intervention Improves Gait and Axial Symptoms in Mild to Moderate Parkinson Disease.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationAfter 12 weeks of supervised polestriding, 17 people with mild to moderate Parkinson disease walked faster and had longer steps, and some walking and balance severity scores were lower; some remained lower at follow-up, while overall rating and questionnaire scores showed no clear change.
• SLPOther2017Expiratory and Inspiratory Cries Detection Using Different Signals' Decomposition Techniques.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAn automatic system separated audible newborn cry breath-out and breath-in segments from noisy recordings, with a best error rate of 8.98%. It is a signal processing step, not a patient outcome study.
• SLPOther2017Quantifying and exploring camouflaging in men and women with autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAdults with autism varied widely in camouflaging. Women scored higher than men on average, but the score cannot separate men from women.
• OTSurvey2017Sensory Clusters of Adults With and Without Autism Spectrum Conditions.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with autism spectrum conditions fell into low, intermediate, and high sensory reactivity groups. The high group reported both overreacting and underreacting to senses, plus strong sensory interests and motor clumsiness. Screen adults for these patterns rather than assuming uniform sensory problems.
• PTOTRCT2017Application of massage for ankle joint flexibility and balance.Journal of physical therapy scienceA ten-minute calf massage improved ankle flexibility and single-leg balance in 32 healthy young adults. Both massage techniques were equally effective. The study did not include older adults or patients, so it does not prove massage prevents falls or helps those with balance problems.
• PTOTRCT2017Does Task-Specific Training Improve Upper Limb Performance in Daily Life Poststroke?Neurorehabilitation and neural repairTask-specific training did not increase upper limb use in daily life for 78 people with chronic stroke, despite improvements in clinic capacity. Neither the amount of practice nor gains in test scores predicted better real-world performance. Clinic gains did not carry over to home.
• Narrative Review2017A Rehabilitation-Internet-of-Things in the Home to Augment Motor Skills and Exercise Training.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairThis is a review and proposal about home monitoring devices. It does not present a completed study result, so there is nothing here to change practice.
• SLPSystematic Review2017Speech and language interventions for infants aged 0 to 2 years at high risk for cerebral palsy: a systematic review.Developmental medicine and child neurologyNo speech or language interventions specifically designed for infants at high risk for cerebral palsy were found. Parent interaction programs had low to moderate evidence for communication gains.
• PTProtocol2017Effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and light-emitting diodes (LEDT) applied during combined training on performance and post-exercise recovery: protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial.Brazilian journal of physical therapyNo results are reported, so there is no evidence here to change practice.
• PTRCT2017Short-term and long-term effects of a self-managed physical activity program using a pedometer for chronic respiratory disease: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceElderly chronic respiratory patients who used a pedometer and diary, without step targets, increased steps and had better 3-month walking distance, leg strength and quality of life than controls. Breathlessness also improved within the diary group. Long-term group differences were less clear.
• PTRCT2017Effects of short-term plyometric training on physical fitness parameters in female futsal athletes.Journal of physical therapy scienceFour weeks of plyometric training improved jump distance, flexibility and body composition in female futsal athletes. The control group, which continued standard training alone, showed no such gains. This offers a low-cost, equipment-light addition to conditioning programs.
• SLPPilot2017Pharyngeal Pressure and Timing During Bolus Transit.DysphagiaIn healthy adults, pressure at the front of a moving liquid bolus was low, while pressure at the back and during clearance was high. Clearance pressures were greatest at the lower UES. This describes healthy pressure patterns, not a treatment effect.
• PTNarrative Review2017Modern pain neuroscience in clinical practice: applied to post-cancer, paediatric and sports-related pain.Brazilian journal of physical therapyNo original methods or results are reported. This masterclass narrative review gives a literature-based rationale for applying pain neuroscience to post-cancer, paediatric and sports pain.
• PTNarrative Review2017Promoting Gait Recovery and Limiting Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairAnimal work suggests pain may interfere with gait learning, and early training may reduce pain sensitivity. SCI gait trials rarely measured pain.
• SLPOther2016Hearing impairment, cognition and speech understanding: exploratory factor analyses of a comprehensive test battery for a group of hearing aid users, the n200 study.International journal of audiologyIn hearing aid users, cognition was linked more strongly to speech in noise when sentences gave no clues. Hearing thresholds alone did not tell the whole story. This may explain why some patients struggle more with speech without context than with context.
• SLPOther2016Alexithymia, but not autism spectrum disorder, may be related to the production of emotional facial expressions.Molecular autismHigher alexithymic traits were linked to less emotional facial expression and more neutral expression in children with and without autism. Autistic traits were not linked to expression overall, and diagnosis group differences were limited.
• PTOTCohort2016Physical activity and walking performance: Influence on quality of life in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP).Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineParent-reported physical activity was linked to higher physical and total quality-of-life scores. Walking at a higher pace was linked only to the physical score. Neither was linked to the psychosocial score, and older age was linked to lower scores.
• SLPOther2016Core vocabulary in written personal narratives of school-age children.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)In written narratives by 211 children, a 191-word core made up 70% of the total written sample. Fourth-grade samples had a larger proportion of function words and abstract nouns than first-grade samples.
• OTCohort2017Functional Goals and Predictors of Their Attainment in Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationLow-income older adults fully attained 73.5% of their home-based functional goals. Attainment was higher for transferring and stairs, but lower for walking and community tasks. Participants were more likely to succeed if they were ready to change, had severe pain, or had home hazards.
• SLPCohort2017Academic Achievement in Adults with a History of Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Population-Based Prospective Study.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAdults with a history of childhood ADHD scored lower on reading and arithmetic than peers, even after age, sex, maternal education, and learning disability were considered. Stimulant treatment was not linked to better adult scores.
• PTPilot2017The effect of Ai Chi aquatic therapy on individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study.Journal of physical therapy scienceFive weeks of a supervised water-based Ai Chi program improved reported pain, stiffness, and physical function difficulty in people with knee osteoarthritis, but did not improve walking distance, knee position sense, objective range of motion, or general health scores.
• PTOther2017The effect of balance taping for prevention of menstrual pain in female middle school students.Journal of physical therapy scienceBalance taping lowered reported menstrual pain more than medication or control over 24 hours in 125 middle school students, but the study was single-site and allocation was not described.
• PTProtocol2017Neural manual vs. robotic assisted mobilization to improve motion and reduce pain hypersensitivity in hand osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceNo findings. This paper outlines the plan for a future trial comparing manual nerve mobilization and robotic hand mobilization for osteoarthritis pain. It reports no results because the study had not yet begun when published.
• PTCohort2017Robot-aided developmental assessment of wrist proprioception in children.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationChildren's wrist position sense improved with age and reached adult performance in early adolescence. Across wrist movements, side-to-side motion was most accurate and least variable. The robot task did not show learning across trials.
• PTOther2017Frequency analysis of the center of pressure in tandem stance in community-dwelling elderly.Journal of physical therapy scienceElderly women who struggled to hold tandem stance for 20 seconds had less very fast pressure movement under their feet, side to side and front to back, than women who held it.
• OTCase-Control2017Analysis of muscle fiber conduction velocity during finger flexion and extension after stroke.Topics in stroke rehabilitationIn stroke survivors, the finger-extensor muscle showed lower electrical signal speed in the affected hand than the unaffected hand, while the finger-flexor muscle did not. This suggests a possible fast-twitch fiber or activation problem in extensors. It is not proven.
• PTOTOther2017Environmental barriers and social participation in individuals with spinal cord injury.Rehabilitation psychologyHigher perceived environmental barriers are linked to lower social participation and employment in people with spinal cord injury. Barriers related to assistance and services show the strongest negative association with participation. However, the overall effect is small, and the study cannot prove that removing barriers will improve outcomes.
• PTOther2017The association between the maximum step length test and the walking efficiency in children with cerebral palsy.Journal of physical therapy scienceA longer maximum forward step on the dominant side was strongly linked to lower walking heartbeats per meter in 31 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Cadence was not linked to walking efficiency.
• PTOther2017The effects of forearm support and shoulder posture on upper trapezius and anterior deltoid activity.Journal of physical therapy scienceResting the forearm on a table lowered upper trapezius and anterior deltoid muscle work at all shoulder flexion angles in asymptomatic women. Without support, raising the arm progressively increased muscle work.
• SLPCohort2017Predictors of developmental surveillance completion at six months of age in south western Sydney.Child: care, health and development85% attended 6-month developmental checks, but only 51% had parent screening forms completed. Being told about checks, higher income, English at home, term birth and nurse-led visits were linked to completion.
• PTOther2017Impact of wearing a functional foot orthotic on the ankle joint angle of frontal surface of young adults with flatfoot.Journal of physical therapy scienceCustom foot orthotics raised ankle angles during midstance in 15 young adults with flatfoot. Right ankle went from 3.5° to 10.2°, left from 2.3° to 11.5°. No pain or function outcome was tested.
• PTCohort2017Associations of Anthropometric, Behavioral, and Social Factors on Level of Body Esteem in Peripubertal Girls.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPGirls aged 9 or 10 who were at a healthy weight and active for seven or more hours weekly reported higher body-esteem scores. Television and video game time was not linked. Puberty and media role models were not linked once BMI was considered.
• Cohort2017Impact of Mental Health Comorbidities on the Community-Based Pediatric Treatment and Outcomes of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPChildren with ADHD and anxiety or depression improved less on medication than those with ADHD alone. Remission was lower in both comorbidity groups. Most referred children never received therapy, leaving many without the combined care guidelines recommend.
• SLPRCT2017The impact of caregiver-mediated JASPER on child restricted and repetitive behaviors and caregiver responses.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchChild restricted and repetitive behaviors did not change overall after caregiver-mediated JASPER added to a 30-hour early intervention program. Caregivers in JASPER responded more often and more successfully than caregivers in the education group immediately after treatment.
• SLPOther2016Are Experienced Hearing Aid Users Faster at Grasping the Meaning of a Sentence Than Inexperienced Users? An Eye-Tracking Study.Trends in hearingExperienced hearing aid users took less time to identify the picture matching a spoken sentence than inexperienced users. Button-press time did not show this. The study does not prove hearing aids cause faster comprehension.
• SLPOther2016A Detection-Theoretic Analysis of Auditory Streaming and Its Relation to Auditory Masking.Trends in hearingIn normal-hearing listeners, hearing tone sequences as separate streams and detecting small level changes both depended on how far apart the tones were and how much their frequencies varied randomly. The same pattern appeared in streaming and masking tasks.
• SLPOther2016Preferred Compression Speed for Speech and Music and Its Relationship to Sensitivity to Temporal Fine Structure.Trends in hearingPreferred compression speed varied. Slow was slightly preferred overall, but five of 22 clearly preferred fast for speech. Slow may be a safe default for music. For speech, test preferences or intelligibility individually.
• SLPOther2016Temporal Fine-Structure Coding and Lateralized Speech Perception in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingLow-frequency timing cues did not explain hearing-impaired listeners' difficulty understanding speech when talkers were spatially separated. Hearing-impaired older adults still needed louder speech than normal-hearing listeners, especially in fluctuating noise. Separating talkers helped all groups.
• SLPOther2016The Influence of Cochlear Mechanical Dysfunction, Temporal Processing Deficits, and Age on the Intelligibility of Audible Speech in Noise for Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingHearing-impaired adults did not struggle in speech-in-noise for one reason. Steady-noise difficulty tracked residual cochlear compression. Two-talker difficulty tracked temporal processing. Age affected both, beyond thresholds and ear mechanics.
• SLPOther2016Investigating Differences in Preferred Noise Reduction Strength Among Hearing Aid Users.Trends in hearingTests of noise tolerance, distortion detection, questionnaire responses about sound preferences, and reading span did not predict hearing aid users' preferred noise reduction strength, though preference was stable over time and stronger when noise was less severe.
• SLPOther2016Complex-Tone Pitch Discrimination in Listeners With Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Trends in hearingListeners with hearing loss discriminate pitch better when sound waves have a peaky envelope rather than a flat one. This advantage is linked to reduced cochlear compression. It suggests hearing loss may enhance sensitivity to temporal envelope cues.