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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• SLPCohort2017Responding to Other People's Direct Gaze: Alterations in Gaze Behavior in Infants at Risk for Autism Occur on Very Short Timescales.Journal of autism and developmental disordersInfants at risk for autism looked less at an adult's face for 300 to 1000 ms after the adult made direct eye contact. This brief drop in response was specific to direct gaze, as overall face looking times did not differ between groups.
• OTSLPOther2018The Influence of task Demands, Verbal Ability and Executive Functions on Item and Source Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with autism showed impaired memory for both single objects and their locations, contrary to the expectation that item memory is spared. Source memory difficulties worsened when more locations were added, and verbal ability predicted memory performance in both groups.
• PTOTRCT2018Effect of physical activity on cognition and daily living activities of the elderly with mild dementia.Journal of physical therapy scienceAdding 30-minute strength and balance exercises to cognitive training improved cognition and daily function more than cognitive training alone in 60 older adults with mild dementia. Both groups also received cognitive training.
• SLPOther2018Effects of chin tuck exercise using neckline slimmer device on suprahyoid and sternocleidomastoid muscle activation in healthy adults.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 20 healthy adults, chin tuck with a neckline slimmer device produced greater suprahyoid activation and lower sternocleidomastoid activation than head lift. It suggests a cheaper training option, but no swallowing outcomes were tested.
• PTOther2018Lumbar lordosis angle and trunk and lower-limb electromyographic activity comparison in hip neutral position and external rotation during back squats.Journal of physical therapy scienceFor experienced lifters, turning feet out 45 degrees during full squats increased glute activity and lowered lower-back muscle strain compared to straight toes. During parallel squats, turning feet out increased the arch in the lower back during the lift.
• PTCase Report2018Total assessment-reassessment & evaluation using bioKinesiologic (TAREK) approach: case presentation for theoretical formulation.Journal of physical therapy scienceA 20-year-old man with chronic low back and leg pain after a car accident reported feeling better and less post-exercise soreness when exercises were tailored using a detailed TAREK assessment. This is a single case, not proof it works.
• SLPOther2018Preposition accuracy on a sentence repetition task in school age Spanish-English bilinguals.Journal of child languageEnglish preposition repetition was less accurate than Spanish in typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children. English accuracy tracked how much English they heard and used, not their Spanish preposition score.
• OTRCT2018Use of Mental Health Services by Adolescents After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationAfter moderate to severe TBI, mental health service use stayed low and stable. The online family problem-solving program with counselor support did not change use compared with online TBI resources, and less than half of impaired adolescents received services.
• OTCase-Control2018Altered task-related modulation of long-range connectivity in children with autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchDuring a tool-use pantomime task, children with autism showed increased long-range parietal brain connectivity from rest. Controls showed decreased connectivity. The pattern was opposite to the expected decrease. The other tested band showed no group difference. This does not yet change practice.
• PTOther2018Effects of inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary functions and muscle strength in sedentary hemodialysis patients.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 15 sedentary hemodialysis patients, 12 weeks of inspiratory muscle training during dialysis improved lung function and breathing muscle strength, but oxygen saturation and FEV1/FVC ratio did not. No control group means training alone cannot be proven.
• PTOTSLPOther2018A scoping review of the needs of children and other family members after a child's traumatic injury.Clinical rehabilitationAfter traumatic injury in children, families and children often struggled to get information, emotional help, and school or community support. Four studies identified needs for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and audiology, but evidence on measuring needs was absent.
• SLPOther2018Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Comparisons of Young People and Parent Perspectives.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents reported more needs than young people with ADHD or ASD, especially in self-care, looking after home, money budgeting and exploitation risk. Young people with ADHD reported more eyesight/hearing, mental health and safety-to-others needs. Record both perspectives.
• PTCase Report2018Effects of task-specific paretic ankle plantar flexor training on walking in a stroke patient: a single-case study.Journal of physical therapy scienceA stroke patient added task-specific heel-raise training to outpatient range-of-motion, standing practice, and daily home walking. Paretic plantar flexor strength, walking speed, step length, and trailing limb angle improved; a single case cannot prove the exercise works.
• PTOther2018Body composition differences between adults with multiple sclerosis and BMI-matched controls without MS.Disability and health journalAcross men and women together, body composition did not show a clear difference between adults with MS and BMI-matched controls. Men with MS had lower lean mass and higher fat mass in arms, legs, and trunk; women did not.
• PTOTQualitative2018Participant-Reported Benefits of Involvement in an Adaptive Sports Program: A Qualitative Study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationAdaptive sports participants described physical, social, and athletic identity benefits, but injury fear, transport, cost, time, and lack of program information limited sustained participation. Staff and peers helped them continue.
• OTCohort2017Brief Report: Postsecondary Work and Educational Disruptions for Youth on the Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disordersHalf of 36 young adults with autism had job or college disruption, or did not take part, after leaving high school. Parents of those later disrupted had more depression, anxiety and lower quality of life before exit; measured youth characteristics did not differ.
• PTOTPilot2017A Home-Based Telerehabilitation Program for Patients With Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPatients completed nearly all assigned home telerehabilitation days, and arm Fugl-Meyer scores increased, but this was a small uncontrolled pilot that also included daily L-Dopa or placebo.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Multisensory Integration in Cochlear Implant Recipients.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users often understand speech better when they can see and hear it, especially words and phonemes. Gains vary with age at implantation, experience, and task; emotion and pitch benefits are less reliable.
• SLPSurvey2017Reporting Newborn Audiologic Results to State EHDI Programs.Ear and hearingMost surveyed audiology facilities reported newborn hearing results to state EHDI programs, but some did not know how to report and some omitted normal or updated results. Audiologists should check local reporting rules and send results that may otherwise be missed.
• Other2017'Doing with …' rather than 'doing for …' older adults: rationale and content of the 'Stay Active at Home' programme.Clinical rehabilitationThis paper describes the rationale and content of the Stay Active at Home programme. It reports no outcomes.
• SLPOther2017Wideband acoustic immittance in children with Down syndrome: prediction of middle-ear dysfunction, conductive hearing loss and patent PE tubes.International journal of audiologyWideband absorbance separated normal ears, conductive loss, and patent PE tubes in children with Down syndrome and typical development. Absorbance was lower from 1 to 4 kHz with conductive loss and higher below 1 kHz with tubes. Reflex thresholds did not separate groups.
• SLPOther2017Acute Nanoparticle Exposure to Vocal Folds: A Laboratory Study.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAcute exposure to carbon nanotubes did not damage vocal fold epithelial barriers in lab tissue. However, direct exposure caused fibroblasts to increase expression of fibrosis-related genes. This suggests potential long-term scarring risk despite immediate barrier preservation.
• OTCohort2017The effects of optimism, religion, and hope on mood and anxiety disorders in women with the FMR1 premutation.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRIn mothers with the FMR1 premutation who had a child with fragile X syndrome, higher optimism was linked to lower lifetime depression and lower anxiety over time. Religious participation related to fragile X was linked to higher lifetime depression. Hope showed no clear link.
• SLPNarrative Review2017The Advances in Hearing Rehabilitation and Cochlear Implants in China.Ear and hearingChina's hearing rehabilitation and cochlear implant programs have expanded, but newborn screening reaches only 2 to 5% of all newborn infants and 20% of NICU patients. Mandarin tone perception remains a challenge for implant users.
• PTOTSLPRCT2017Effects of Training Intensity on Locomotor Performance in Individuals With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Crossover Study.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairHigh-intensity stepping training improved peak treadmill speed and fastest walking speed more than low-intensity training in chronic spinal cord injury. Changes in the standard six-minute walk test did not significantly differ between the two intensities.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Insights Into the Role of Collagen in Vocal Fold Health and Disease.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationNo patient outcomes or tested treatment effects are reported. This review explains collagen's role in vocal fold tissue, wound healing, and experimental biomaterial ideas.
• PTRCT2018Trunk motion visual feedback during walking improves dynamic balance in older adults: Assessor blinded randomized controlled trial.Gait & postureOlder adults with self-reported balance problems improved dynamic balance after treadmill walking with on-screen trunk motion feedback. Walking alone did not improve balance, and average gains were smaller than the change usually needed to be sure an individual improved.
• PTOther2018Novel method for evaluation of hindfoot alignment in weight-bearing position using laser beam.Journal of physical therapy scienceA laser-based method for assessing hindfoot alignment matched radiographic results closely in people with knee osteoarthritis. Traditional goniometry showed poor agreement with X-rays. This laser technique offers a radiation-free alternative, though it requires training and has not been tested for reliability between different clinicians.
• PTCase Report2018The effects of pain scrambler therapy on the pain and quality of life of degenerative gonarthritis patients.Journal of physical therapy scienceOne woman with degenerative gonarthritis reported her pain score fell from 9 to 1 on a 0 to 10 scale, and her quality-of-life score rose from 79 to 95 after 15 days of pain scrambler therapy.
• PTPilot2018Lateral Corticospinal Tract Damage Correlates With Motor Output in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationGreater lateral corticospinal tract damage was associated with weaker same-side ankle and knee torque and shorter 6-minute walking in 14 people with chronic cervical incomplete spinal cord injury. Gracile fasciculus damage did not show the same side-specific motor pattern.
• PTOther2018Foot pressure analysis of gait pattern in older Japanese females requiring different personal care support levels.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 32 older Japanese women needing daily support or care, walking speed did not differ, but stance timing and foot pressure did. Care-need women had longer stance phase and delayed heel-side pressure peak, especially on the left.
• PTOther2018Effects of lumbar lordosis assistive support on craniovertebral angle and mechanical properties of the upper trapezius muscle in subjects with forward head posture.Journal of physical therapy scienceSitting with a lumbar support increased craniovertebral angle in 20 adults with forward head posture, from 46.82 to 50.92 degrees. Upper trapezius stiffness and viscoelasticity decreased; the muscle tone result is inconsistent.
• PTCohort2018Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: Results From the Validation Cohort.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyThe 10-item OSPRO-YF and 10-item OSPRO-ROS improved prediction of some 12-month outcomes only slightly after demographic, clinical and baseline scores were considered. Use them as adjuncts, not stand-alone decision tools.
• SLPCase-Control2018Acoustic Perturbation Measures Improve with Increasing Vocal Intensity in Individuals With and Without Voice Disorders.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn women with and without voice disorders, jitter, shimmer, and HNR changed with loudness. Louder voice lowered jitter and shimmer and raised HNR. Loudness affected these measures, and pathology did not consistently separate groups.
• PTOTSLPPilot2018The feasibility of an acute high-intensity exercise bout to promote locomotor learning after stroke.Topics in stroke rehabilitationA five-minute high-intensity exercise session before gait practice is feasible for people with chronic stroke. Both treadmill and seated arm-leg cycling raised lactate levels without causing fatigue or interfering with subsequent practice, though the seated ergometer allowed longer time at target intensity.
• Cohort2018Resting-State Neurophysiological Activity Patterns in Young People with ASD, ADHD, and ASD + ADHD.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBoys with ASD showed reduced alpha and theta brain activity, while boys with ADHD showed reduced delta activity. Children with both conditions displayed a combination of these patterns rather than a distinct third profile. These EEG differences were not linked to specific behavioural symptoms.
• SLPCohort2018Early Gesture and Vocabulary Development in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersInfants with an older sibling with autism who were later diagnosed themselves looked similar to low-risk infants at 8 months, but their gesture and word growth slowed and fell behind by 9 to 11 months. A single early check can miss this.
• PTCohort2018Changes in exercise tolerance and quality of life are unrelated in lung cancer survivors who undergo video-assisted thoracic surgery.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 36 lung cancer survivors after minimally invasive thoracic surgery, changes in walking and strength tests were not related to changes in quality of life. Grip, walking, and endurance recovered by 4 weeks, but physical quality-of-life scores stayed below baseline.
• SLPCohort2018Health Concerns and Health Service Utilization in a Population Cohort of Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersYoung adults with autism spectrum disorder were more likely than peers without developmental disability to have psychiatric diagnoses and mental health service use. Compared with peers with other developmental disabilities, they had more psychiatric diagnoses and psychiatrist visits, but not more hospitalizations.
• SLPCohort2018Factors influencing speech perception in noise for 5-year-old children using hearing aids or cochlear implants.International journal of audiologyChildren with hearing aids and cochlear implants showed a similar spatial listening benefit, but both needed louder target speech relative to noise than typical peers. Age at cochlear implant activation and language ability were associated with speech perception scores.
• SLPCohort2018What will my child's future hold? phenotypes of intellectual development in 2-8-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSome young children with autism showed large gains in intellectual ability between ages 2 and 8, while others stayed stable or lost ground. The amount of therapy received did not differ between these groups.
• Case-Control2017Maternal and Paternal Infertility Disorders and Treatments and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMaternal infertility disorders, especially in second or later births, were more common in mothers of children with autism. Infertility treatments showed no clear link, especially among singleton and term births.
• SLPOther2017Dynamics of the Driving Force During the Normal Vocal Fold Vibration Cycle.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn one trained vocalist, computed pressure inside the vocal folds was higher while the folds opened than while they closed. The pressure ratio between opening and closing rose with loudness up to about 76.5 dB, then fell.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Reflections on Clinical and Statistical Use of the Penetration-Aspiration Scale.DysphagiaAveraging PAS scores to decimal places can misrepresent patients. Levels 4 and 6 are rare. The authors recommend frequency patterns or ordered categories, not proof that a treatment works.
• PTOther2017Forced Use of the Paretic Leg Induced by a Constraint Force Applied to the Nonparetic Leg in Individuals Poststroke During Walking.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairApplying a resistance force to the nonparetic leg during early swing increased paretic leg muscle activity and the time spent on the paretic leg alone during treadmill walking. It did not test whether this improves walking function.
• RCT2017Relationship Between Unsupervised Time and Participation in an Emotion Regulation Intervention and Risk Outcomes.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAdolescents with mental health symptoms who had an emotion regulation intervention and reported low unsupervised time showed the biggest delay in sexual initiation and lowest substance use. The intervention alone did not differ from health promotion for those with high unsupervised time.
• SLPOther2017Within-Bolus Variability of the Penetration-Aspiration Scale Across Two Subsequent Swallows in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.DysphagiaSwallowing scores in head and neck cancer patients varied widely between two attempts of the same bolus. Clinicians should not rely on a single swallow or an average score, as this misses unsafe events. Report the worst score to accurately assess aspiration risk.
• Other2017Variation in bowel and bladder continence across US spina bifida programs: A descriptive study.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineIn 20 specialized US spina bifida clinics, only 1326 of 3252 patients aged 5 years and older were continent of urine, and 1398 of 3252 were continent of stool. Continence varied widely by clinic even after patient factors were considered.
• SLPRCT2017Change in Excitability of Cortical Projection After Modified Catheter Balloon Dilatation Therapy in Brainstem Stroke Patients with Dysphagia: A Prospective Controlled Study.DysphagiaBalloon dilatation added to conventional swallowing exercises and budesonide inhalation increased affected-side muscle responses after brain stimulation and improved tube feeding and hyoid movement more than conventional exercises alone in 30 brainstem stroke patients.
• SLPOther2017Effects of Stimulus Duration on Event-Related Potentials Recorded From Cochlear-Implant Users.Ear and hearingUsing short 170-ms speech sounds to record brain responses in cochlear implant users distorts the P2 wave. The artifact removal process creates a false spike at the sound's offset, which overlaps with the P2 peak. Longer 400-ms sounds preserve the wave shape.