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 283 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPCohort2018Cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma in childhood: Investigating the long-term impact of surgery on cognitive performance and functional outcome.Developmental neurorehabilitationChildhood cerebellar tumor survivors scored near average against healthy norms, but against high-achieving peers they showed lower verbal memory, processing speed, executive function, and language scores. Good quality of life did not rule out these differences.
• PTPilot2018Modulation of working memory load distinguishes individuals with and without balance impairments following mild traumatic brain injury.Brain injuryThe expected difference in how brain networks switched off was not found. Recent mild TBI patients who reported balance problems showed other brain activity and network coordination differences during a working memory task, but performed it similarly.
• SLPCohort2018Semantic fluency in deaf children who use spoken and signed language in comparison with hearing peers.International journal of language & communication disordersDeaf children named fewer animals on average than hearing peers, but BSL, spoken English, and sign-supported English users performed alike. Animal naming tracks vocabulary and executive skills, not language mode.
• SLPOther2018Accents, Not Just Prosodic Boundaries, Influence Syntactic Attachment.Language and speechPlacing a strong pitch accent on a verb makes listeners more likely to attach an ambiguous time phrase to that verb. This happens regardless of pauses in the sentence. The effect is small but consistent across different sentence structures.
• SLPSurvey2018Brief Report: Self-Reported Academic, Social, and Mental Health Experiences of Post-Secondary Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMost college students with ASD reported lifetime suicidal behavior, and over 75% felt left out or isolated. The survey describes their self-reported distress, not whether support helps.
• SLPOther2018An analysis of topics and vocabulary in Chinese oral narratives by normal speakers and speakers with fluent aphasia.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsCantonese speakers with fluent aphasia and matched controls used many of the same important-event topics. The aphasia group produced fewer different words, but their word classes and concrete/abstract balance looked similar. The finding points to broader vocabulary targets beyond nouns and verbs.
• SLPCohort2018Spectral-Temporal Modulated Ripple Discrimination by Children With Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingChildren with cochlear implants showed poorer spectral resolution than adults with implants, and their ability did not improve with age. Unlike adults, children performed better using both implants together than with their best ear alone. This suggests early implantation may help the brain fuse signals from two ears.
• PTOTCohort2018Sarcopenia in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Prevalence and Effect on Functional Status.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationMen with peripheral arterial disease had ten times the prevalence of sarcopenia compared to healthy matched controls. Among those with PAD, low muscle mass was linked to significantly slower recovery from claudication pain and shorter walking distances on the six-minute test.
• SLPOther2018Deriving individualised /r/ targets from the acoustics of children's non-rhotic vowels.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsA formula meant to set individual acoustic targets for /r/ therapy predicted third formant values that were too high in children. An 80% threshold placed most correct and incorrect /r/ sounds on the expected sides in two remediated children.
• PTOTNarrative Review2017Motor system plasticity after unilateral injury in the developing brain.Developmental medicine and child neurologyEarly skilled movement training after unilateral brain injury may shape motor circuits in animal models. The review does not show it improves function in children.
• PTOther2017Efficacy of exercise on pelvic pain and posture associated with endometriosis: within subject design.Journal of physical therapy sciencePain scores and thoracic kyphosis angle decreased after 8 weeks in women with endometriosis, but all received monthly hormonal treatment too, so the study cannot show exercise alone caused the change.
• SLPOther2017Determining the minimum number of electrodes that need to be pitch matched to accurately estimate pitch matches across the array.International journal of audiologyPitch matching for bilateral cochlear implant users can be completed in seven minutes using just nine electrodes. This brief testing period accurately estimates matches across the entire array, making the procedure feasible for clinical appointments.
• SLPOther2017Zebrafish knockout of Down syndrome gene, DYRK1A, shows social impairments relevant to autism.Molecular autismZebrafish with a DYRK1A knockout had smaller brains, less social interaction, and stayed farther apart in groups. A single human with a DYRK1A deletion had microcephaly and autism. These are basic science findings, not evidence for changing therapy.
• PTPilot2017Balancing the playing field: collaborative gaming for physical training.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationStroke patients paired with a healthy expert had better game performance together than alone, especially in stability, and preferred it. Healthy pairs did not improve overall and had lower accuracy.
• PTRCT2017Does trampoline or hard surface jumping influence lower extremity alignment?Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 20 healthy young women, repeated jumping changed landing mechanics. Knee extensor moment was greater after trampoline than ground, and both trampoline and ground increased vertical landing force.
• PTRCT2017Effect of lumbar stabilization exercise on disc herniation index, sacral angle, and functional improvement in patients with lumbar disc herniation.Journal of physical therapy scienceBoth exercises reduced disc herniation index and back disability scores after four weeks. Sacral angle fell in both groups, from 37.2 to 31.52 degrees in the balance-center group and from 36.2 to 34.52 degrees in the 3D group. No control group was used.
• PTRCT2017Electromyographic evaluation of a low-level laser protocol for the treatment of temporomandibular disorder: a randomized, controlled, blind trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceActive low-level laser in 9 participants did not reduce jaw muscle electrical activity after 12 sessions. Mean bite-task activity increased, while mean bite-task activity in the sham group of 7 decreased. The paper gives only descriptive changes.
• SLPOther2017Comparing the broad socio-cognitive profile of youth with Williams syndrome and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with Williams syndrome labeled happy faces better than children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, but both groups were below typically developing controls on matching emotions, false belief, and inferring traits from motives.
• Other2017A novel system for tracking social preference dynamics in mice reveals sex- and strain-specific characteristics.Molecular autismMale mice kept a social preference longer than female mice in an automated mouse test. One autism-model mouse strain showed weaker, shorter social preference. This is animal behaviour, not human therapy.
• PTOTCohort2017Longitudinal Structural and Functional Differences Between Proportional and Poor Motor Recovery After Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairStroke patients with poor motor recovery had more corticospinal tract damage and later white-matter loss. Those with proportional recovery had preserved tracts and stronger resting brain synchrony in premotor networks. This may guide prognosis, not treatment choice.
• PTOTPilot2017Effects of somatosensory electrical stimulation on motor function and cortical oscillations.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAfter one 2-hour sensory nerve electrical stimulation session, eight people with chronic acquired brain injury moved their fingers more independently and completed hand tasks faster. The pilot had no control group, so this cannot show the treatment works.
• PTRCT2017Immediate effect of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with functional electrical stimulation on activity of the tibialis anterior muscle and balance of individuals with hemiparesis stemming from a stroke.Journal of physical therapy scienceA single session of combined brain and muscle stimulation produced no immediate change in muscle activity or balance in stroke survivors. Clinicians should not expect this combined protocol to yield instant functional gains.
• PTCohort2017Relationship of white matter lesions and severity of pushing behavior after stroke.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn acute stroke patients with pushing behavior, daily living improvement did not differ by stroke type or white matter lesions. Total anterior circulation strokes had worse pushing, trunk control, and impairment than partial anterior circulation strokes.
• PTOther2017Inactive lifestyles and sedentary behavior in persons with chronic aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: evidence from accelerometer-based activity monitoring.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSix months after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, 33 people had similar sedentary time to 18 controls but less overall activity; their activity bursts were shorter and sitting or lying spells longer despite no paresis.
• PTOther2017Exercise intervention implemented by trained volunteers improves health-related quality of life among Japanese community-dwelling older females: an intervention study.Journal of physical therapy scienceTrained volunteers and health professionals each led weekly 120-minute fall-prevention exercise classes for older women. After six months, 50 of 62 volunteer-group women and 55 of 65 professional-group women completed, and over 70% of participants maintained or improved quality-of-life scores, but volunteer groups started healthier.
• SLPOther2018Visual speech fills in both discrimination and identification of non-intact auditory speech in children.Journal of child languageSeeing the talker's mouth helped children fill in missing beginning sounds for easy-to-see /b/ items across ages four to fourteen, but not much for hard-to-see /g/ items.
• SLPOther2018Linguistic Context Versus Semantic Competition in Word Recognition by Younger and Older Adults With Cochlear Implants.Ear and hearingOlder cochlear implant users recognized sentence-final words more easily when the sentence strongly pointed to the word. Weak context and many possible endings slowed them more than younger users.
• SLPOther2018Lay Listener Classification and Evaluation of Typical and Atypical Children's Speech.Language and speechLay listeners rated children with autism as less likeable and more disordered based solely on short speech samples. This negative social evaluation was driven by perceived intelligibility issues, such as slow rate and unclear articulation, rather than by prosodic differences alone.
• PTOther2018The modular socket system in a rural setting in Indonesia.Prosthetics and orthotics internationalWalking speed and distance showed no clear change over months, but people reported less comfort and used the prosthesis less often. It could be made and fitted quickly with mostly portable tools.
• OTCohort2018Factors associated with ambulatory care sensitive emergency department visits for South Carolina Medicaid members with intellectual disability.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRMedicaid adults with mild or unspecified intellectual disability and those living at home without health support had more emergency visits for conditions that often can be managed without emergency care; nursing home residents had more visits leading to hospital admission.
• OTCase-Control2018Injuries in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Study to Explore Early Development (SEED).Journal of autism and developmental disordersCompared with typically developing children, young children with autism were not more likely to have had an injury needing medical care. Compared with children with other developmental delays, autism was linked to a higher chance of having had any medically-attended injury.
• SLPCohort2018Chirp-Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions and Middle Ear Absorbance for Monitoring Ototoxicity in Cystic Fibrosis Patients.Ear and hearingChirp-evoked otoacoustic emissions identified CF ears with high-frequency hearing loss, but they missed a confirmed shift near the top of the tested range in a case. They may help monitoring, not replace hearing tests.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2018Assessment of Rehabilitation Infrastructure in Peru.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation39% of rehabilitation specialists surveyed in Peru reported never seeing hospitalized patients. PTs were commonly reported to perform OT and SLP tasks when those staff were absent. One third said patients waited more than a week for inpatient therapy.
• PTCohort2018Early changes in cerebral autoregulation among youth hospitalized after sports-related traumatic brain injury.Brain injuryFive of six hospitalized youth with sports-related brain injury had impaired brain blood flow regulation within 24 hours, even when Glasgow Coma Scale was 15 and headache was present.
• OTRCT2018Parent Stress in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Atomoxetine and Parent Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParent stress dropped in all four groups, whether they got medication, parent training, both, or placebo. Treatment type did not determine the amount of stress reduction. Parents whose children improved clinically reported the largest decreases in their own stress.
• PTOther2017Gender differences in joint torque focused on hip internal and external rotation during a change in direction while walking.Journal of physical therapy scienceDuring a crossover step while walking, females had higher right hip external and internal rotation torques and males had higher ankle plantar flexion torques. No gender differences appeared for walking or side step. These were measurements in healthy young adults.
• SLPOther2017Linguistic camouflage in girls with autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismGirls with autism used um in more of their filled pauses than boys did, by using less uh. More uh related to lower parent-reported socialization, so speech patterns may mask autism signs.
• SLPSurvey2017Why is it so hard to reach agreement on terminology? The case of developmental language disorder (DLD).International journal of language & communication disordersSpeech-language therapists may use developmental language disorder as a broad label for children with persistent language problems, not a sharp diagnosis. It should not depend on a gap between language and non-verbal ability, and functional impact must be shown.
• PTOTCase Report2017Effects of interactive metronome training on timing, attention, working memory, and processing speed in children with ADHD: a case study of two children.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn two children with ADHD, interactive metronome training was followed by faster timing and higher attention scores, but one child showed no working-memory change. It is a case report, not proof the training works.
• PTOther2017The correlation between diaphragm thickness, diaphragmatic excursion, and pulmonary function in patients with chronic stroke.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn chronic stroke, paretic-side diaphragm movement and thickness at full inspiration were linked to higher FVC and FEV1. No treatment was tested, so this does not show that diaphragm training will improve breathing.
• SLPRCT2017Intensive Communicative Therapy Reduces Symptoms of Depression in Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairLanguage scores improved only after intensive language-action therapy, not after intensive naming therapy. Depression scores also improved after language-action therapy, not naming therapy. The study analysed 17 patients with chronic nonfluent aphasia.
• PTPilot2017The effect of a VR exercise program on falls and depression in the elderly with mild depression in the local community.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 15 older adults with mild depression, 12 weeks of Wii-Fit balance games was linked with better front-to-back balance, more confidence about not falling, and lower depression and stress scores.
• Narrative Review2017Proactive Ethical Design for Neuroengineering, Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies: the Cybathlon Lesson.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationNo clinical finding to report. This paper proposes an ethical design framework for assistive and rehabilitation technology, not a study of patients or outcomes.
• SLPPilot2017Development and evaluation of a speech-generating AAC mobile app for minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder in Mainland China.Molecular autismAll ten minimally verbal children with autism could make requests without prompts in at least three of five Yuudee app training phases, but no control group and they also received ABA, so app effect is uncertain.
• PTRCT2017Increasing upper limb training intensity in chronic stroke using embodied virtual reality: a pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 10 chronic stroke survivors, embodied VR upper-limb training added to usual therapy raised active training time, movements, and movements per minute. Functional outcomes changed little or inconsistently, and no control group means the VR contribution cannot be separated.
• PTSurvey2017Characteristics associated with freezing of gait in actual daily living in Parkinson's disease.Journal of physical therapy scienceParkinson's patients with freezing of gait reported episodes most often when fatigued (89.3%), and when hurrying to the toilet, in crowded places, or answering the phone. Fatigue was frequent but did not match other situational patterns.
• SLPOther2017Impact of Hearing Aid Technology on Outcomes in Daily Life III: Localization.Ear and hearingHearing aids helped people report better everyday localization than unaided. Premium features did not beat basic features in noise or everyday reports. In lab quiet with high-frequency sounds, premium aids gave a small error reduction.
• PTRCT2017Effects of gait training on sand on improving the walking ability of patients with chronic stroke:a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceNo clear difference was found between sand and firm-ground gait training for walking ability in chronic stroke. Both groups improved dynamic balance, and only the sand group improved walking endurance, so sand is not shown to be better.
• PTOTOther2017The effect of group exercise program on the self-efficacy and activities of daily living in adults with cerebral palsy.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn adults with cerebral palsy, a 6-week group program combining boccia, range-of-motion, stretching, massage and breathing improved confidence in doing tasks and activities of daily living more than range-of-motion and stretching alone. Boccia alone cannot be credited.
• PTRCT2017Comparison of efficiency of elastic and non-elastic taping on induced quadriceps fatigue by knee extension exercise.Journal of physical therapy scienceElastic and non-elastic tape over the quadriceps did not show less strength loss than no tape after knee extension fatigue exercise in 30 healthy women.