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.

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• SLPOther2016The Communication Play Protocol: Capturing Variations in Language Development.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsNo clinical outcome is reported. The paper describes a research observation method for parent-child communication, not a tested intervention.
• SLPOther2017The Influence of Noise Reduction on Speech Intelligibility, Response Times to Speech, and Perceived Listening Effort in Normal-Hearing Listeners.Trends in hearingNoise reduction did not speed simple digit identification in 12 normal-hearing listeners. It did speed a harder arithmetic task. The ideal algorithm felt less effortful; the realistic algorithm did not change perceived effort.
• OTSLPSurvey2017Estimated Prevalence of the Target Population for Brain-Computer Interface Neurotechnology in the Netherlands.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairIn the Netherlands, locked-in syndrome was estimated at 0.73 cases per 100 000 people. Most patients lived at home, and many communicated with basic eye-blink or letter systems rather than advanced devices.
• SLPOther2017The Arizona Cognitive Test Battery for Down Syndrome: Test-Retest Reliability and Practice Effects.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesSeveral cognitive tests used with people who have Down syndrome gave stable scores over three months. Some memory and planning tests were less consistent. This is about test stability, not treatment effects.
• OTQualitative2017Opportunities and barriers for successful return to work after acquired brain injury: A patient perspective.Work (Reading, Mass.)Ten people with acquired brain injury who had returned to work described individually adapted rehabilitation, balanced motivation, and understanding of cognitive and social needs as important. Barriers included fatigue, memory problems, low self-esteem, and unhelpful workplace attitudes.
• PTCohort2017Daily physical activity affects exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 38 outpatients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, higher daily step counts over 14 days were linked to longer 6-minute walk distance, along with vital capacity and quadriceps force.
• SLPOther2017Perceptual statistical learning over one week in child speech production.Journal of communication disordersHearing a sound sequence in more words and from more talkers did not improve overall speech accuracy across a week. A small advantage appeared in the first production, then faded. This does not show that hearing more talkers and words alone fixes child speech errors.
• Other2017Forging Alliances in Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research (FAIRR): A Logic Model.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationThere is no clinical finding to act on.
• SLPCase Report2017Effects of semantic context on access to words of low imageability in deep-phonological dysphasia: a treatment case study.AphasiologyThe cohesive phrase condition helped a person with aphasia repeat treated abstract word pairs, reaching the accuracy target after 10 probes. The non-cohesive phrase condition did not help. This was a single case.
• SLPOther2017Self-Report and Brain Indicators of Impaired Emotion Regulation in the Broad Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBrain measures showed no difference between low and high autistic traits when asked to reinterpret emotional pictures. Self-report did: people with more autistic traits reported fewer helpful and more unhelpful emotion regulation strategies, with anger standing out.
• PTOther2017Relationship of visual dependence to age, balance, attention, and vertigo.Journal of physical therapy scienceSome older adults relied heavily on vision, but visually independent older adults were similar to younger adults. The visually dependent older adults were less steady when vision and footing were both altered, even though they reported little vertigo.
• PTOther2017Evaluation of bilateral force deficit in shoulder flexion using a handheld dynamometer in healthy subjects.Journal of physical therapy scienceA hand-grip dynamometer tracked shoulder flexion strength similarly to an isometric dynamometer in six healthy men, but gave higher torque. In 21 healthy subjects, it detected lower total strength when both arms lifted together than the sum of each arm alone.
• SLPQualitative2017Incorporating the Principles of Self-Management into Treatment of Dysarthria Associated with Parkinson's Disease.Seminars in speech and languagePeople with Parkinson's disease and dysarthria described speech therapy as tools, not a cure. They valued realistic conversation and clinician feedback, disliked boring exercises, and wanted help for families, cognition, and keeping up practice.
• PTOther2017Effects of pelvic compression belts on the kinematics and kinetics of the lower extremities during sit-to-stand maneuvers.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn healthy adults, a pelvic belt and a higher chair lowered hip movement and hip turning force while standing up. The belt increased ankle movement early, and the study did not test people with pelvic pain.
• PTOTOther2017KAPS (kinematic assessment of passive stretch): a tool to assess elbow flexor and extensor spasticity after stroke using a robotic exoskeleton.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA robotic elbow stretch test found abnormal movement responses in people after stroke, including some without clinical spasticity. It may reveal resistance missed by Ashworth and Tardieu scores, but it is not yet a routine clinical tool.
• PTRCT2017Pulsed electromagnetic field with or without exercise therapy in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.Journal of physical therapy sciencePulsed electromagnetic field improved urinary symptoms, urine flow, and urine left after voiding compared with placebo in 60 men with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Adding pelvic floor and aerobic exercise did not show added benefit over electromagnetic field alone.
• PTSLPCase-Control2017Medical Conditions in the First Years of Life Associated with Future Diagnosis of ASD in Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBefore an ASD diagnosis, language delay was much more common in records of children later diagnosed, especially with global delay or central nervous system problems. Motor delay without language delay was also more common.
• Survey2017Optimism and positive and negative feelings in parents of young children with developmental delay.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRParents of preschoolers with developmental delay who were more optimistic reported more positive and less negative feelings about their child, even after accounting for child behaviour problems and parenting stress.
• OTOther2017Using a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to determine product usability: A test case.Work (Reading, Mass.)A fuzzy method for scoring software usability produced a single overall score of 86.07 and smaller uncertainty ranges than percentage methods in a 16-user test of network management software.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2017Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia.Molecular autismThe main autism-only genetic analysis found no variant that met the study's very strict threshold. Adding a replication sample produced a chromosome 10q24.32 signal, and separate schizophrenia comparisons showed shared genetic risk.
• PTRCT2017The effects of spinal support device on pain and extensibility of the hamstrings in patients with non-specific low back pain.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 20 people, pain scores fell more with spinal support device bed rest than bed rest alone, but hamstring extensibility did not improve.
• OTOther2016Tactile Perception for Stroke Induce Changes in Electroencephalography.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTActive touch raised brain-wave activity more than passive touch in people with left-hemisphere stroke, especially right prefrontal and parietal areas. Right-hemisphere stroke showed no clear difference. This was a brain-wave lab finding, not a functional outcome.
• OTPilot2016Effectiveness of Earmuffs and Noise-cancelling Headphones for Coping with Hyper-reactivity to Auditory Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Study.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTFor children with autism spectrum disorder, earmuff use was linked to better individual behaviour goal scores than no device. Noise-cancelling headphones did not show the same result, and several children refused devices. Results are preliminary.
• OTOther2016Reliability and Validity of the Activity Participation Assessment for School-age Children in Korea.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTA 38-item Korean questionnaire about how often school-age children do home, school, social, sport, and self-care tasks was stable over 2 weeks. Parents reported lower participation for children with intellectual disability than for nondisabled children. It may guide OT conversations, not prove treatment benefit.
• OTSurvey2016Impact of Cognitive and Psychological Symptoms on Work Productivity and Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Survivors in Hong Kong.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTEmployed breast cancer survivors did not show greater overall work productivity loss or lower overall quality of life than healthy women. They reported more work-related cognitive symptoms, and those symptoms were linked to lower quality of life.
• OTOther2016Theory of Mind Deficit is Associated with Pretend Play Performance, but not Playfulness, in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTIn 20 verbal children with autism, theory of mind was linked to pretend play performance, but not consistently to playfulness. Autism severity was linked to play elaborateness and some playfulness scores.
• Survey2017Perceived Mentoring Practices in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship Programs.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPDevelopmental-behavioral pediatrics trainees reported greater satisfaction when they had a formal mentor and received guidance in more areas. Many recent graduates without a mentor wanted one. The study reports perceptions, not patient outcomes or therapist mentoring.
• PTOther2017The effects of dance music jump rope exercise on pulmonary function and body mass index after music jump rope exercise in overweight adults in 20's.Journal of physical therapy scienceCompared with stationary cycling, dance music jump rope did not beat it after four weeks. In the jump rope group, vital capacity was higher and BMI lower after. In the cycling group, neither changed in the same way.
• SLPOther2017Objective Assessment of Listening Effort: Coregistration of Pupillometry and EEG.Trends in hearingPupil size grew in normal-hearing participants when speech was less clear and recall was only partial. Alpha brain activity also changed with less clear speech, but the two measures did not move together within participants, so they are not interchangeable.
• PTOther2017Effects of chronic ankle instability and induced mediolateral muscular fatigue of the ankle on competitive taekwondo athletes.Journal of physical therapy scienceTaekwondo athletes with chronic ankle instability landed with less ankle eversion and external rotation and less knee shock absorption than controls. After fatigue, controls changed landing angles and loading rate; athletes with instability did not change loading rate.
• SLPOther2017Sensitivity to Angular and Radial Source Movements as a Function of Acoustic Complexity in Normal and Impaired Hearing.Trends in hearingOlder listeners with mild-to-moderate hearing loss were poor at detecting sounds moving left-right or away in complex scenes. Reverberation especially worsened detection of sounds moving away. Young normal-hearing listeners stayed accurate. This is a lab finding, not a tested treatment.
• PTOther2017Frontal brain activation changes due to dual-tasking under partial body weight support conditions in older adults with multiple sclerosis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPartial body weight support in a single session increased frontal brain activity during walking and talking. Walking speed was not shown to improve, and walking while talking became more demanding with support.
• SLPOther2017Dysphonia in adults with developmental stuttering: A descriptive study.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMost adults with developmental stuttering in this study of 20 people showed voice problems. Their voices were often strained or weak, and measured voice scores were low. Stuttering severity tended to match poorer voice scores. No treatment was tested.
• OTOther2017Effect of task-oriented activities on hand functions, cognitive functions and self-expression of elderly patients with dementia.Journal of physical therapy sciencePeople with mild dementia in a hand-based activity program improved in grip, pinch, coordination, visual, spatial, visuomotor, and attention scores, and in self-expression; the control group did not show such improvement.
• OTSLPQualitative2017Maternal experience raising girls with autism spectrum disorder: a qualitative study.Child: care, health and developmentMothers of verbally fluent girls with autism described delayed diagnosis, disbelief from others, and few resources about girls. They also described adolescence bringing social, puberty, and safety worries, and a changed mother-daughter bond.
• SLPOther2017A Screening Tool to Measure Eye Contact Avoidance in Boys with Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBoys with fragile X avoided eye contact more with unfamiliar people than familiar people on a parent-report scale. Lower communication ability and comorbid ASD were associated with higher avoidance scores.
• SLPCohort2017Long-term Recovery in Stroke Accompanied by Aphasia: A Reconsideration.AphasiologySixteen of 26 people with chronic aphasia improved significantly on language scores over years without formal therapy, seven stayed the same, and three declined.
• OTSurvey2017The Role of the Broader Autism Phenotype and Environmental Stressors in the Adjustment of Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Taiwan and the United Kingdom.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn siblings of autistic children in Taiwan and the UK, mothers linked higher autism-like traits in the sibling to more reported difficulties, but the siblings' own reports did not. The idea that stress and traits combine was only weakly supported.
• OTSLPCohort2017Prognostic models for identifying adults with intellectual disabilities and mealtime support needs who are at greatest risk of respiratory infection and emergency hospitalisation.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRAdults with intellectual disabilities who need mealtime support and had prior respiratory infection, epilepsy or caregiver-reported swallowing problems were linked to respiratory infection. Increasing mealtime support needs and epilepsy were linked to emergency hospitalisation for eating and drinking problems.
• OTQualitative2017A qualitative evaluation of occupational therapy-led work rehabilitation for people with inflammatory arthritis: Patients' views.The British journal of occupational therapyPeople with inflammatory arthritis who had one-to-one occupational therapy work rehabilitation described practical advice, pacing, joint protection and being listened to as helping them cope at work. Of 32 interviewed, 27 reported not reading the written pack.
• OTSLPNarrative Review2017Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Down Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesMany outcome measures for Down syndrome trials are only promising, and no language measure is fully validated. SLPs should not assume these scores detect change until Down syndrome-specific norms and testing are available.
• Other2017Separability of motor imagery of the self from interpretation of motor intentions of others at the single trial level: an EEG study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationEEG signals could tell whether healthy adults imagined themselves or an avatar grasping a sphere. Average single-trial accuracy was 67 ± 1%, and every participant was above chance. Group-level differences were not consistent after correction, and no clinical outcomes were tested.
• SLPCohort2017The Influence of Social Interaction and Physical Health on the Association Between Hearing and Depression With Age and Gender.Trends in hearingIn 134,357 UK adults aged 40 to 69, reported difficulty following conversations in background noise was linked to more depression, especially low mood and worry. The link remained after illness, unemployment and social isolation. It does not show hearing caused depression.
• Other2017Varying negative work assistance at the ankle with a soft exosuit during loaded walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdding negative work assistance to a soft exosuit did not add a clear metabolic benefit beyond positive work assistance. All powered conditions lowered cost 11 to 15% versus powered-off, but the negative-work dose was not shown.
• OTQualitative2017Qualitative Experience of Sleep in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthPeople with spinal cord injury described poor sleep linked to pain, positioning, pressure-ulcer care, bladder routines, medications, environment and anxiety. They also connected it to daytime fatigue and missed valued activities.
• PTOTOther2017The Arm Movement Detection (AMD) test: a fast robotic test of proprioceptive acuity in the arm.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA robotic test that took about twelve minutes separated stroke survivors with impaired arm position sense from those without. It also detected age-related changes in movement detection threshold, but it did not test treatment benefit.
• SLPOther2017Listener estimates of talker age in a single-talker, 50-year longitudinal sample.Journal of communication disordersListeners judged a single talker's age from short speech excerpts. They thought he sounded older when he was younger and younger when he was older. Listeners who recognized him were more accurate for his later decades.
• SLPOther2017Wideband acoustic immittance for assessing middle ear functioning for preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsWideband acoustic immittance was measured in 75 preterm NICU ears with chirp and 82 with tone, but results were variable and 19.3% of samples from 961 Hz to 2016 Hz were corrected. It did not show the test can identify middle ear dysfunction.
• PTRCT2017Carryover effect of hip and knee exercises program on functional performance in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome.Journal of physical therapy scienceThe two starting orders did not differ overall. Both groups improved hop distance and Kujala scores over 8 weeks. Hip-first ended with higher Kujala scores; knee-first ended with longer hops.
• Other2017Reducing concussion symptoms among teenage youth: Evaluation of a mobile health app.Brain injuryTeenagers with lingering concussion symptoms who added a concussion app to standard medical care reported greater symptom relief than those who received standard medical care alone. The study was small, not blinded, and not randomised, so the app's separate effect is uncertain.