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 259 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• OTOther2017Utility of providing a concussion definition in the assessment of concussion history in former NFL players.Brain injuryFormer NFL players reported many more concussions after hearing a current definition. The median self-report rose from 10 to 50. Higher reports were linked to worse mood and behaviour, not cognitive scores.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017Focused and divided attention abilities in the acute phase of recovery from moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.Brain injuryPeople with moderate-to-severe TBI in acute recovery struggle to search visually when distracted, but can filter out irrelevant info if first given a spatial cue. They are also slower to confirm when a target is absent. Use location cues and allow extra time.
• PTOther2017Stepping Up to Rethink the Future of Rehabilitation: IV STEP Considerations and Inspirations.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationThis is a conference summary outlining future directions for neurologic physical therapy, not a study with results. It discusses themes like personalization and prediction but offers no new evidence to guide clinical decisions.
• PTSurvey2017Relationship of locomotive syndrome with health-related quality of life among patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Journal of physical therapy scienceOf 1,195 Japanese patients with sleep apnea treated with CPAP, 578 screened positive for locomotive syndrome (mobility and balance problems). Those with it reported lower quality of life after accounting for age, body mass, apnea severity, and sleepiness.
• PTOther2017Stepping Up to Rethink the Future of Rehabilitation: IV STEP Considerations and Inspirations.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTNo original patient outcomes are reported. This article summarizes future directions discussed at a neurologic physical therapy conference.
• Other2017Vitamin D treatment during pregnancy prevents autism-related phenotypes in a mouse model of maternal immune activation.Molecular autismIn pregnant mice, active vitamin D given with immune challenge prevented offspring autism-related social, repetitive, and fear-learning deficits, but not anxiety-like behavior, and did not reduce inflammatory cytokines.
• SLPOther2017Benefits of Music Training for Perception of Emotional Speech Prosody in Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingThe emotion improvement in children with cochlear implants who received piano training was not clearly different from painting, though the piano group improved on voice-only emotion scores. The piano group also improved rhythm, melody contour, and incidental memory scores. Nine children were in each group.
• SLPCase-Control2017Glutathione metabolism in the prefrontal brain of adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: an MRS study.Molecular autismAdults with high-functioning autism had no significant difference in prefrontal glutathione compared with controls. A lower anterior cingulate glutathione trend was not stable. The study does not provide evidence for brain antioxidant differences to guide therapy.
• PTOther2017University of the Witwatersrand physiotherapy undergraduate curriculum alignment to medical conditions of patients within Gauteng state health facilities.The South African journal of physiotherapyIn Gauteng state hospitals, physiotherapists most commonly treated lower limb fractures, stroke and soft tissue injuries. The Wits curriculum covered almost all listed conditions; stress and laryngectomy were not explicitly covered. It allocated hours to common conditions.
• PTNarrative Review2017Research Design Options for Intervention Studies.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationThis is a methodological commentary, not a patient study. It explains research designs but offers no clinical finding to act on.
• SLPOther2017Quantitative Evaluation of the In Vivo Vocal Fold Medial Surface Shape.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn one dog larynx, activating the thyroarytenoid muscle quickly bulged the vocal fold inward and downward, while the lateral cricoarytenoid adducted it from above and behind. Together they made a thicker, more rectangular glottis.
• Other2017CRISPR/Cas9-mediated heterozygous knockout of the autism gene CHD8 and characterization of its transcriptional networks in cerebral organoids derived from iPS cells.Molecular autismReducing one copy of the autism-linked CHD8 gene in lab-grown brain tissue disrupted genes controlling brain development and Wnt signaling. These molecular changes matched those seen in autism and bipolar disorder samples, suggesting shared biological pathways rather than distinct diseases.
• OTOther2017Design and test of an automated version of the modified Jebsen test of hand function using Microsoft Kinect.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 11 stroke patients, a Kinect camera timed the Modified Jebsen hand test and agreed with video review better than a therapist did. It may help repeat hand-function tests consistently, but does not show recovery.
• PTOTSLPCohort2017A Short and Distinct Time Window for Recovery of Arm Motor Control Early After Stroke Revealed With a Global Measure of Trajectory Kinematics.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairArm motor control recovery plateaued by 5 weeks post-stroke, while strength and clinical scores continued improving through one year. This suggests spontaneous biological recovery is largely complete early, whereas later gains likely reflect strength or compensation.
• PTCase Report2017Combined transcranial direct current stimulation and robotic upper limb therapy improves upper limb function in an adult with cerebral palsy.NeuroRehabilitationOne adult with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy received 36 sessions of tDCS plus upper limb robotic therapy. His upper limb function and grip improved after therapy and remained improved at six months. This describes one person, not proof the combination works.
• SLPCohort2017Neural correlates of language variability in preschool-aged boys with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchPreschool boys with autism and more developed language had different white matter wiring in major brain pathways, and the strongest links were to language scores rather than autism severity.
• SLPOther2017Signaling of noncomprehension in communication breakdowns in fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder.Journal of communication disordersBoys and girls with fragile X syndrome plus autism and those with Down syndrome signaled confusion less often than typical peers in a structured task. Boys with fragile X alone or autism alone performed like typical peers. Autism severity predicted fewer signals in boys with fragile X.
• Other2017Exaggerated CpH methylation in the autism-affected brain.Molecular autismAutistic brain tissue showed no significant differences at specific gene sites compared to controls. However, it displayed a global increase in methylation at non-CpG sites. This pattern was linked to repetitive genome regions and human-specific regulatory areas, suggesting broad epigenetic changes rather than single-gene defects.
• PTNarrative Review2017Coupling Timing of Interventions With Dose to Optimize Plasticity and Participation in Pediatric Neurologic Populations.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationThis is a narrative review about dosing and timing in pediatric neurologic populations. It has no original patient data or trial results, so there is no finding to act on.
• OTCohort2017Rehospitalization Over 10 Years Among Survivors of TBI: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationRehospitalization after TBI rehabilitation discharge was common: 27.8% of participants at 1 year, 23.0% at 2 years, 22.1% at 5 years, and 23.4% at 10 years. Reasons moved toward general health and psychiatric causes.
• OTOther2017Resolving the effect of wrist position on myoelectric pattern recognition control.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFor EMG control of hand grasps, adding wrist position data improved accuracy, especially with a model that handles non-linear patterns. Simulating other wrist positions from neutral-position data also improved accuracy, but only in offline tests.
• PTNarrative Review2017Regenerative Rehabilitation: Combining Stem Cell Therapies and Activity-Dependent Stimulation.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationNo clinical finding is available. This narrative overview discusses combining stem cell therapies and activity-dependent stimulation, but reports no methods, patients, or outcomes.
• Other2017Epidemiology of Isolated Versus Nonisolated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 2006-2012: Sociodemographic Characteristics.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationEmergency department visits for mild traumatic brain injury increased over time, and most involved other injuries or conditions too. Young children were more likely to have head injury alone; older adults were less likely.
• PTOTCohort2017Therapy Use for Children With Developmental Conditions: Analysis of Colorado Medicaid Data.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationColorado Medicaid infants and toddlers with more chronic conditions were more likely to receive physical or occupational therapy, at higher doses and spending. Those with developmental delays used more PT/OT than those with developmental diagnoses.
• PTSurvey2017Physical activity level and fall risk among community-dwelling older adults.Journal of physical therapy sciencePhysical activity level did not line up with fall risk in 132 Malaysian older adults. 94.7% had low fall risk, and 50.8% reported under-active regular light-activities. Activity level alone should not be read as a fall risk signal.
• OTCohort2017Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Medicare Beneficiaries After Traumatic Brain Injury.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationAfter hospitalization for traumatic brain injury, older adults had more anxiety and PTSD diagnoses than before injury. Anxiety appeared in 17% and PTSD in 0.3%, with rates highest in the first months.
• PTRCT2017Effects of Pedalo® training on balance and fall risk in stroke patients.Journal of physical therapy scienceStroke patients who did Pedalo balance training with conventional physical therapy improved some balance scores more than those doing treadmill training with conventional physical therapy. Fall risk scores went down in both groups, but not more with Pedalo.
• OTSLPCohort2017Autism Spectrum Disorder in Males with Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy: XXY/Klinefelter Syndrome, XYY, and XXYY.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPASD was much more common in males with XYY or XXYY than in XXY/KS, reaching 43% and 52% under DSM-5. Updating from DSM-IV to DSM-5 raised the overall rate slightly, but the study did not show a clear change.
• PTRCT2017The effect of cognitive-motor dual task training with the biorescue force platform on cognition, balance and dual task performance in institutionalized older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn older adults with mild cognitive impairment, six weeks of BioRescue dual-task training added to usual care shortened timed up-and-go total duration and turn-to-sit time, but did not improve cognition, Tinetti balance, or dual-task error rate.
• PTRCT2017Repetitive reaching training combined with transcranial Random Noise Stimulation in stroke survivors with chronic and severe arm paresis is feasible: a pilot, triple-blind, randomised case series.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationCombining transcranial random noise stimulation, reaching training and outcome-triggered electrical stimulation was feasible in four severe chronic stroke survivors: no adverse events, all completed, and the study did not show added benefit over sham.
• Case-Control2017Disconnection from others in autism is more than just a feeling: whole-brain neural synchrony in adults during implicit processing of emotional faces.Molecular autismAdults with autism showed weaker whole-brain synchrony than controls only while angry faces were processed without trying to judge emotion. Happy and neutral faces showed no difference, and response speed was similar. This is a neural finding, not a tested therapy.
• OTOther2017The Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationA 5-point rise on the MPAI-4 total score may mark the smallest meaningful improvement, and a 9-point rise a moderate improvement, in adults during post-inpatient brain injury rehabilitation.
• PTOther2017The relationship between physical function in the elderly and judgment error in walking speed.Journal of physical therapy scienceSome older adults misjudged walking speed. Eight slow walkers judged themselves faster than a video model despite the slowest obstacle-course time and lower balance confidence.
• SLPOther2017Multitasking During Degraded Speech Recognition in School-Age Children.Trends in hearingWhen children listened to degraded speech, their accuracy on a visual monitoring task fell. Reaction time did not slow. Children who were better at the visual task alone held up better.
• Cohort2017Relationship Stability After Traumatic Brain Injury Among Veterans and Service Members: A VA TBI Model Systems Study.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationTwo years after TBI, 78% of Veterans and service members married at injury stayed married, while 22% were no longer married. Younger age, less education, and prior mental health treatment were linked to relationship loss.
• PTSurvey2017Interrelationship between postural balance and body posture in children and adolescents.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 308 children and adolescents, visible posture measures were not linked to standing balance sway. Age and body mass index had weak links to sway. Posture treatment and balance training should be considered separately.
• PTCohort2017Therapeutic efficacy of three hyaluronic acid formulations in young and middle-aged patients with early-stage meniscal injuries.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 55 patients with early-stage meniscal degeneration, pain and function improved after treatment with any of three hyaluronic acid injections over six months. No formulation was clearly better than the others.
• SLPOther2017Clinical evaluation of autistic symptoms in women with anorexia nervosa.Molecular autismTwenty-three percent of women hospitalized for anorexia nervosa scored above the autism cutoff on direct observation. Their symptoms involved social difficulties and speech oddities, but rarely repetitive behaviors. These traits linked to anxiety and emotional processing issues, not starvation or eating disorder severity.
• SLPSystematic Review2017Environmental risk factors for autism: an evidence-based review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Molecular autismIncluded reviews found no evidence that vaccination or maternal smoking raises autism risk, while maternal valproate use and higher parental age were linked to higher risk. The evidence does not prove cause.
• PTOther2017The effects of milk intake and whole-body vibration exercise on bone mineral density in elderly women in nursing homes.Journal of physical therapy scienceBone-density scores did not change significantly with lactose-free milk plus whole-body vibration over 12 weeks. The study did not show a significant effect on bone density.
• SLPPilot2017Preliminary psychometric performance of the Neonatal Feeding Assessment Scale.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsIn 20 high-risk neonates, a new feeding assessment flagged all babies with oral-pharyngeal swallowing problems on modified barium swallow, but also flagged three babies whose modified barium swallow did not show this problem. It looks promising for clinical assessment, not proof it works.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Animal Models for Dysphagia Studies: What Have We Learnt So Far.DysphagiaNo patient outcomes are reported. This is a conceptual review of animal models for swallowing research, so it does not change therapy practice.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Behavioral Assessment of Listening Effort Using a Dual-Task Paradigm.Trends in hearingDual-task tests often show older adults and people with hearing loss use more listening effort in noise. But methods vary widely, and these lab measures do not match patients' own effort ratings.
• SLPOther2017Phonemic awareness of English second language learners.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSetswana-speaking Grade 3 learners given a combined vowel, segmentation and literacy programme improved word discrimination and segmentation, but the no-training control group also improved, and blending did not change.
• OTSurvey2017The Health and Economic Well-Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDMothers grouped as having intellectual impairments by a vocabulary test score below 80 more often reported a work-limiting health condition, lower income, poverty and WIC benefits than other mothers. Emotional health, parenting stress and partner support did not differ.
• SLPSurvey2017Poor consistency in evaluating South African adults with neurogenic dysphagia.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSouth African speech-language therapists often used history, oral motor, voice and swallow safety checks, but sensation, medication review and social background were often skipped, and many instruments were rarely available. This describes uneven practice, not patient outcomes.
• SLPOther2017Evaluating Multipulse Integration as a Neural-Health Correlate in Human Cochlear-Implant Users: Relationship to Psychometric Functions for Detection.Trends in hearingIn cochlear implant users, the drop in threshold as pulse rate rose was linked to how widely electrical stimulation spread, not to detection sensitivity. Broader activation meant a steeper threshold drop.
• PTRCT2017Comparison of the effects of core stabilization and chest mobilization exercises on lung function and chest wall expansion in stroke patients.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn chronic stroke patients, core stabilization and chest mobilization exercises produced similar lung function and chest expansion changes. Neither was clearly better, though both groups improved some measures.
• Survey2017A preliminary study of youth sport concussions: Parents' health literacy and knowledge of return-to-play protocol criteria.Brain injury55% of parents of youth athletes said concussion return-to-play rules were not clearly explained, and 73% had not heard of CDC Heads Up. Parents relied on coaches to identify symptoms.
• SLPCase Report2016Effect of voice therapy in sulcus vocalis: A single case study.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsA man with bilateral sulcus vocalis changed after voice therapy: average pitch fell, objective voice quality moved from negative to positive, and self-rated handicap fell. This is one case, so it cannot show the therapy works for sulcus vocalis.