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 285 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• Other2018Validity of low-resolution eye-tracking to assess eye movements during a rapid number naming task: performance of the eyetribe eye tracker.Brain injuryCompared with a research-grade eye tracker, the low-resolution EyeTribe produced missing signals and implausible eye movement traces during King-Devick testing, even at 60 Hz. It did not accurately capture eye movement timing or speed.
• SLPSurvey2018Experiences of Autism Acceptance and Mental Health in Autistic Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic adults who felt less accepted by society, family and friends, or themselves reported more depression. Less acceptance from society, family and friends also related to more stress. Anxiety was not related to acceptance.
• PTNarrative Review2018Cognitive Functional Therapy: An Integrated Behavioral Approach for the Targeted Management of Disabling Low Back Pain.Physical therapyFor physical therapists, CFT is a behavioral approach for disabling low back pain after serious and specific pathology is excluded. It targets beliefs, fear, guarding, and lifestyle; three illustrative cases do not show efficacy.
• OTSLPQualitative2018Challenges and Successful Pedagogical Strategies: Experiences from Six Swedish Students with Blindness and Autism in Different School Settings.Journal of autism and developmental disordersStudents with blindness and autism described confusion from fast, visually based instructions and noise. Teachers and parents reported calm, small, highly structured settings and using students' interests as helpful. No tested intervention was shown to work.
• PTRCT2018Effects of McGill stabilization exercises and conventional physiotherapy on pain, functional disability and active back range of motion in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.Journal of physical therapy scienceMcGill and conventional physiotherapy were not shown to differ for pain, disability, or back range of motion. McGill improved pain, disability, and extension; conventional improved only flexion.
• PTOther2018Concurrent phone texting alters crossing behavior and induces gait imbalance during obstacle crossing.Gait & postureTexting while crossing an obstacle made young adults walk slower and lift their feet higher, but increased their side-to-side body sway. This suggests texting disrupts balance control during complex walking tasks, even when participants try to compensate.
• PTOther2018Abnormal muscle activation patterns are associated with chronic gait deficits following traumatic brain injury.Gait & posturePeople with chronic TBI walking deficits showed abnormal timing in shin, calf, and thigh muscles during walking. The abnormality was linked to Dynamic Gait Index scores, not standing balance or 6-minute distance.
• SLPOther2018Rethinking Residue: Determining the Perceptual Continuum of Residue on FEES to Enable Better Measurement.DysphagiaClinicians' 100-mm line ratings and none-to-severe category ratings of residue on swallowing endoscopy videos moved together, but unevenly. Category steps did not represent equal amounts of residue, so line ratings may better reflect severity.
• SLPCase Series2018Longitudinal Changes in Electrically Evoked Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Children With Auditory Brainstem Implants: Preliminary Results Recorded Over 3 Years.Ear and hearingIn five children with auditory brainstem implants, brain responses to implant stimulation changed over months to years. Some appeared later, some weakened or reversed. The study cannot show what the children actually heard.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2018Auditory brainstem response in infants and children with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis of wave V.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAcross 25 studies, autism was linked to longer auditory brainstem response timing than controls. That timing difference shrank with age and reversed in adults. It does not yet support a clinical test.
• PTOTSLPCohort2018The impact of developmental coordination disorder on educational achievement in secondary school.Research in developmental disabilitiesTeenagers classified with DCD at 7-8 achieved fewer GCSE exams than peers: 39% reached 5 or more passes versus 70% controls. Once reading, social communication and hyperactivity/inattention were taken into account, DCD alone was not clearly linked to lower GCSE attainment.
• SLPOther2018Assessing the Relationship Between the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential and Speech Recognition Abilities in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients.Ear and hearingIn bilateral cochlear implant users, the ear with a larger electrical response change when pulse spacing was lengthened generally had better sentence recognition, and consonant recognition showed a similar ear-to-ear relationship. It did not predict scores for different patients in a basic across-patient analysis.
• SLPCohort2018Programming characteristics of cochlear implants in children: effects of aetiology and age at implantation.International journal of audiologyChildren with auditory nerve deficiency had higher threshold and maximum current levels. Children with cochlear lesions had higher maximum current levels. Infants implanted at or before 12 months had a narrower dynamic range at 6 months, which widened by age 3.
• PTOther2018Limbic and Basal Ganglia Neuroanatomical Correlates of Gait and Executive Function: Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Intact Cognition.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationOlder adults with mild cognitive impairment walked significantly slower with shorter strides only during fast-paced walking, not usual walking. Larger hippocampal and anterior cingulate brain volumes correlated with both better stride length and executive function, suggesting a shared neural basis.
• PTOther2018A flexible wearable sensor for knee flexion assessment during gait.Gait & postureIn 16 healthy adults walking at their usual speed, a knee sensor tracked peak flexion similarly to lab motion capture, with a typical difference of 1.2 degrees. It still needs motion capture calibration for each person.
• SLPOther2018Assessing Autism in Adults: An Evaluation of the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview-Adult Version (3Di-Adult).Journal of autism and developmental disordersAn informant interview usually identified adults with autism correctly in 88 participants, including people with other mental health conditions. It took about 30 to 50 minutes and should support, not replace, clinical diagnosis.
• Other2017The GapMap project: a mobile surveillance system to map diagnosed autism cases and gaps in autism services globally.Molecular autismThis paper describes a planned autism resource mapping system and reports no tested clinical outcomes.
• SLPCohort2017Critical region within 22q11.2 linked to higher rate of autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autism5 of 12 participants with deletions including LCR-A to B had autism, versus 0 of 8 with deletions not including that region, but the study did not confirm this difference. This small genetic study does not show a treatment or screening change.
• SLPCase-Control2017Using the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) in individuals with traumatic brain injury.Rehabilitation psychologyNIH Toolbox tests of memory, attention, processing speed and problem solving separated adults with severe and mild/moderate TBI from controls. Vocabulary and reading scores did not reliably differ.
• OTSLPCase-Control2017Uncorrected versus demographically-corrected scores on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in persons with traumatic brain injury and stroke.Rehabilitation psychologyFor therapists interpreting NIH Toolbox cognition scores after TBI or stroke, corrected scores make acquired cognitive problems easier to see. They reduce the influence of age, education, sex and race, and better separate severe TBI from milder TBI.
• PTOther2017Effect of the trunk forward bending angle in sitting position on slow vital capacity.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn college students, slow vital capacity was highest at a 15° forward trunk bend in the arm-bracing sitting position, compared with 0° or 30°.
• OTOther2017Construct validity of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in individuals with stroke.Rehabilitation psychologyThe NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery tracked stroke severity and matched other cognitive tests. Low timed-test scores may reflect hand movement speed, not only thinking, so check motor status before assuming cognitive impairment.
• Other2017The clinical utility and construct validity of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) in individuals with disabilities.Rehabilitation psychologyThis introductory article summarizes companion papers on a cognitive test battery for people with disabilities. It does not report original results, so there is nothing here to change practice.
• PTQualitative2017Exploring Determinants of Patient Adherence to a Portal-Supported Oncology Rehabilitation Program: Interview and Data Log Analyses.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesCancer survivors in a 12-week rehab program used the online portal less over time and almost stopped after treatment. They valued face-to-face group work, but portal use was linked to staff encouragement, easy access, and clear links to therapy.
• SLPOther2017The effect of phonetic complexity on the speed of single-word productions in adults who do and do not stutter.Journal of communication disordersPhonetic complexity did not slow single-word naming overall. Adults who stutter were slower than adults who do not stutter, and complex words were named more slowly only when word frequency and neighborhood properties were high.
• SLPCase-Control2018Sequential processing deficit as a shared persisting biomarker in dyslexia and childhood apraxia of speech.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsAdults with dyslexia and adults with probable childhood apraxia made more errors in the order of sounds and letters than controls on speech and reading tasks. The errors also tracked with multisyllabic motor speech difficulty.
• OTCase Report2018Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFor one forensic pathologist with below-elbow amputation, a customized body-powered arm supported heavy, sweaty, slippery work better than a myoelectric iLimb. This is one person's experience, not proof either arm works.
• SLPPilot2018First Steps Towards Development of an Instrument for the Reproducible Quantification of Oropharyngeal Swallow Physiology in Bottle-Fed Children.DysphagiaSeven speech-language pathologists reached 80% agreement with expert scores on all 24 swallowing components after three training sessions, using bottle-fed children's swallow videos. This shows the scoring method can be taught, not that it improves care.
• PTOther2018Effects of deep breathing on internal oblique and multifidus muscle activity in three sitting postures.Journal of physical therapy scienceDeep breathing increased external oblique, internal oblique, and multifidus activity. Lumbo-pelvic upright sitting also increased internal oblique and multifidus activity compared with thoracic upright sitting. The study measured muscle activity, not pain or function.
• PTNarrative Review2018Advancing Psychologically Informed Practice for Patients With Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain: Promise, Pitfalls, and Solutions.Physical therapyThis perspective describes psychologically informed practice for persistent musculoskeletal pain. It details therapist training steps like manuals and supervision, and lists techniques such as reinforcement and patient-centered interviewing. No new patient outcomes are reported.
• PTOTRCT2018Functional Reach, Depression Scores, and Number of Medications Are Associated With Number of Falls in People With Chronic Stroke.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationIn people with chronic stroke, more medications and higher depression scores predicted more falls. Functional reach distance also predicted falls, with a cutoff of 18.15 cm for recurrent falls. Other common tests like Berg Balance and Timed Up and Go did not distinguish fallers.
• SLPPilot2018Initial consonant deletion in bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children with speech sound disorders.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsBilingual children with speech sound disorders deleted initial consonants in Spanish (5.71%) and English (1.6%), while monolingual English peers did not. Errors clustered on complex sounds and multi-syllable words, suggesting language interaction rather than pure disorder.
• PTOther2018Difference in contributions to the team's score in female wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Rio Paralympics by physical capability classification.Journal of physical therapy scienceHigh trunk-function players in elite women's wheelchair basketball carried direct scoring load. Lower trunk-function players contributed through steals, defensive rebounds, and limiting turnovers. No clear team-score pattern emerged for the middle group.
• SLPCohort2018Procedural discourse performance in adults with severe traumatic brain injury at 3 and 6 months post injury.Brain injuryAdults with severe TBI did not show clear change in sandwich description output or structure from 3 to 6 months. They still spoke more slowly and gave fewer essential and optional steps than controls, with more irrelevant content at 3 months.
• Case-Control2018Sleep Sufficiency in Pediatric and Adolescent Tourette's Disorder: National Survey of Children's Health.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPParents reported children with Tourette's disorder or a history of Tourette's disorder had 1.5 fewer nights of sufficient sleep per week, out of 7 nights, than matched controls. Comorbidity and medication status did not predict sleep in current Tourette's disorder.
• PTOther2018The known-groups validity of intensity-based physical activity measurement using an accelerometer in people with subacute stroke.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn subacute stroke, an accelerometer estimated energy cost well during some movement tasks, but underestimated quiet lying, sitting and standing. The device was adequate for active tasks. It was not adequate for still posture.
• PTCohort2018Relationship between isometric shoulder strength and arms-only swimming power among male collegiate swimmers: study of valid clinical assessment methods.Journal of physical therapy scienceIsometric shoulder internal rotation strength in a specific abducted position correlated strongly with arm-only swimming power. Greater asymmetry in shoulder extension strength correlated with less efficient swimming velocity relative to power.
• SLPOther2018Metaperception in Adolescents With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAfter a brief first meeting, teens with and without autism mostly guessed how peers saw them from their own feelings, not from peers' ratings. Believing they were liked went with smoother conversation and more attempts to connect.
• PTCohort2018The effect of wearing night splints for one year on the standing motor function of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Journal of physical therapy scienceBoys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who wore night splints for over half the year showed improved left ankle flexibility compared to those who wore them less. However, overall walking ability and right ankle flexibility did not significantly differ between the groups.
• PTRCT2018The effect of short-term upper thoracic self-mobilization using a Kaltenborn wedge on pain and cervical dysfunction in patients with neck pain.Journal of physical therapy sciencePain did not differ between wedge self-mobilization and stretching after one week. Both groups also received hot pack and interferential current. Cervical extension favoured the wedge.
• SLPRCT2018A feasibility randomized controlled trial of ReaDySpeech for people with dysarthria after stroke.Clinical rehabilitationRecruiting and keeping stroke patients with dysarthria was feasible, but only acute patients were enrolled. The trial was not designed to test whether the online ReaDySpeech programme improves speech, so it does not show it works.
• OTOther2017Motor-free composites from the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) for people with disabilities.Rehabilitation psychologyFor spinal cord injury patients with motor impairment, motor-free NIH Toolbox scores were in the normal range, while standard motor-dependent scores were below average. They still omit executive function.
• SLPOther2017Nih toolbox premorbid ability adjustments: Application in a traumatic brain injury sample.Rehabilitation psychologyIn NIH Toolbox cognitive testing after TBI, oral reading adjustments changed individual scores and flagged slightly different people, but did not increase overall identification of cognitive difficulties.
• Other2017RNA sequencing and proteomics approaches reveal novel deficits in the cortex of Mecp2-deficient mice, a model for Rett syndrome.Molecular autismSymptomatic mice modeling Rett syndrome showed many altered genes and proteins in cortex, including metabolism and stress-response pathways. These are molecular observations, not tested treatments, and they do not change patient care.
• OTOther2017NIH toolbox cognition tests following traumatic brain injury: Frequency of low scores.Rehabilitation psychologyAfter TBI, one low NIH Toolbox cognition score is common even without TBI. Clinicians should look at several low scores together and compare them with estimated premorbid ability before calling cognitive impairment.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2017Prospective investigation of FOXP1 syndrome.Molecular autismChildren with FOXP1 mutations had delayed speech and language, motor and visual-motor deficits, and universal dysarthria. Expressive language tested better than receptive. Early PT, SLP, and OT were recommended, not tested.
• SLPSystematic Review2017Classroom acoustics as a consideration for inclusive education in South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsClassroom noise and reverberation can make it hard for children with hearing, language, learning, or second-language difficulties to understand speech. South African school acoustic regulations are inadequate and not on par with international guidance, so poor listening environments may disadvantage learners.
• PTOTCohort2017Relation of depressive symptoms to outcome of CI movement therapy after stroke.Rehabilitation psychologyDepressive symptoms did not stop stroke patients from improving arm use after Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy. Patients with clinically significant depression improved just as much as those without. Depression scores also dropped slightly, but the change was too small to be clinically meaningful.
• OTOther2017Test accommodations for individuals with neurological conditions completing the NIH Toolbox-Cognition Battery: An evaluation of frequency and appropriateness.Rehabilitation psychologyMost people with SCI, TBI, or stroke completed the NIH Toolbox-Cognition Battery without changes, but among those given accommodations, many changed the test in ways that could invalidate scores.
• SLPNarrative Review2017Challenges and Opportunities in Reading Instruction for Children with Limited Speech.Seminars in speech and language