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 307 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPOther2019Brief Report: Cross-Modal Capture: Preliminary Evidence of Inefficient Filtering in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersWhen children ignored sounds, groups did not differ overall, but children with autism were slowed more by mismatched sounds at some delays. They were not slower when asked to judge sound-picture matches. Small study, so preliminary.
• PTOther2019Physical activity levels of children and adolescents with moderate-to-severe intellectual disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDOnly 47% of children and adolescents with moderate-to-severe intellectual disability met the 60-minute daily moderate-to-vigorous activity recommendation using intellectual disability-specific thresholds. Lower motor development was linked to lower activity. Motor skill support may be a practical focus.
• OTSLPOther2019Depression Characterization and Race Among Stroke Survivors Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationDepression was documented in 35% of white, 22% of African American, and 16.7% of other race/ethnicity stroke inpatient rehabilitation patients. New onset rates were 21.6%, 14.5%, and 16.7%.
• PTOTRCT2019Clinical study of combined mirror and extracorporeal shock wave therapy on upper limb spasticity in poststroke patients.International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptationFor poststroke upper limb spasticity, adding mirror therapy and shock wave therapy to usual rehabilitation showed better arm movement and lower tone scores than adding either one alone or usual rehabilitation alone.
• OTSLPOther2019Subtyping the Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparison of Children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren previously labelled Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism looked similar in core autism features, but the Asperger group had higher IQ, more pedantic speech, and fewer language and school difficulties. The old labels did not map cleanly onto DSM-5 severity levels.
• SLPOther2019Brief Report: Differences in Multisensory Integration Covary with Sensory Responsiveness in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism and typical peers who were less accurate at matching heard and seen speech also showed more unusual sensory behavior, like seeming not to notice or seeking extra input; no causal link was shown.
• PTOTSystematic Review2019Movement Disorders and Syndromic Autism: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAtaxic or jerky movement was very common in Angelman syndrome, and dystonia was reported in most children in one Rett study. No included studies covered the other syndromes reviewed.
• OTOther2019The TBI-CareQOL Measurement System: Development and Preliminary Validation of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures for Caregivers of Civilians and Service Members/Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationCaregivers of people with lower functioning after TBI reported poorer quality of life than caregivers of people with higher functioning. New TBI-specific caregiver measures and existing quality-of-life scales both made this distinction in 560 caregivers.
• PTOther2019Frequency and Circumstances of Falls Reported by Ambulatory Unilateral Lower Limb Prosthesis Users: A Secondary Analysis.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation57.6% of 66 ambulatory unilateral lower limb prosthesis users reported at least one fall in the past 12 months. Walking on level ground was the most common activity, and foot catching or slipping was more common than the body being pushed off balance.
• SLPRCT2019The impact of implementation support on the use of a social engagement intervention for children with autism in public schools.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceRemaking Recess training, with or without implementation support, did not differ in staff use of the intervention. Children in both groups spent more time engaging with peers on the playground.
• SLPPilot2019Measuring emotional support in family networks: Adapting the Family Network Method for individuals with a mild intellectual disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDSimplified questions, cards and boxes were added to help people with mild intellectual disability describe family emotional support. Pilots showed multiple support types were too complex, and moderate intellectual disability remained challenging.
• PTOther2018A predictor of aerobic threshold for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn men with reduced heart function, a simple measure of oxygen use during the first four minutes of exercise strongly predicted their aerobic threshold. This link was absent in men with preserved heart function. The finding suggests a potential screening tool for a specific subgroup, but the study was tiny and male-only.
• SLPOther2018Understanding Friendship Sex Heterophily and Relational Characteristics to Optimize the Selection of Peer Models for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersFor boys with autism, having more friends was linked to higher social connection in class; having female friends was linked to lower connection. Girls did not show this pattern.
• PTPilot2018Effects of 8 weeks of modified hatha yoga training on resting-state brain activity and the p300 ERP in patients with physical disability-related stress.Journal of physical therapy scienceModified hatha yoga (poses, breathing, meditation) added to routine rehabilitation did not differ from control in brain activity or brain response to sound. The yoga group alone showed larger alpha and delta waves, faster reaction time and faster brain response to sound.
• PTPilot2018Dynamic balance asymmetries in pre-season injury-prevention screening in healthy young soccer players using the Modified Star Excursion Balance Test-a pilot study.Journal of physical therapy scienceYoung male soccer players had a side-to-side dynamic balance asymmetry when reaching backward and outward, with the stability-dominant leg farther. This pilot found asymmetry only; it did not show that the asymmetry causes or predicts injury.
• PTOTSLPPilot2018The difficulty of studying race-ethnic stroke rehabilitation disparities in a community.Topics in stroke rehabilitationCommunity stroke rehabilitation data collection across physical, occupational and speech therapy venues was feasible to set up, but only 13 of 63 partners used the forms and 20 of 48 patients contributed data. This pilot cannot yet answer disparity questions.
• OTRCT2018Myocontrol is closed-loop control: incidental feedback is sufficient for scaling the prosthesis force in routine grasping.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAble-bodied people scaled myoelectric prosthesis grasp force across five levels using muscle contraction plus prosthesis motion and sound. Adding explicit visual force feedback reduced command error from 15% to 12% and force error from 14% to 13%.
• PTOther2018Correlation between the Gait Deviation Index and skeletal muscle mass in children with spastic cerebral palsy.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy, worse Gait Deviation Index scores were linked to lower limb muscle mass index and slower chair stand time. Grip strength and upper limb muscle mass index were not linked.
• PTOther2018Study on the design development of a multi joint ankle foot orthosis.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn ten stroke patients, the Klenzak multi-joint AFO showed faster walking and higher Berg balance scores than a conventional AFO. The study was very small and the authors say the results cannot be applied to all stroke patients.
• PTOTSLPCohort2018Course of Social Participation in the First 2 Years After Stroke and Its Associations With Demographic and Stroke-Related Factors.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairSocial participation did not simply improve after stroke. People increased work and household hours over two years while social and leisure activity decreased, and restrictions eased mostly in the first year. Older, lower-educated, and ADL-dependent patients showed worse courses.
• PTOther2018Effect of hindlimb unloading and reloading on the soleus and plantaris muscles in diabetic rats.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn diabetic rats, one week of reloading after two weeks of hindlimb suspension brought soleus fiber size back to control levels, but plantaris fiber size stayed smaller than control. This is rat tissue data, not human evidence.
• PTRCT2018Dual-task training of children with neuromotor disorders during robot-assisted gait therapy: prerequisites of patients and influence on leg muscle activity.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdding arm pointing to a Lokomat walking game lowered game scores and made 5 of 20 children show compensatory walking. Leg muscle activity during stance fell. Use GMFCS, WeeFIM mobility or FAC, not body-function tests, to judge who can try it.
• PTRCT2018Effect of radial shock wave on chronic pelvic pain syndrome/chronic prostatitis.Journal of physical therapy scienceRadial shock waves improved pain, urinary symptoms and quality of life more than sham in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome. The effect was short-term in 40 participants, so long-term benefit is not shown.
• PTRCT2018The effect of a short term conservative physiotherapy versus occlusive splinting on pain and range of motion in cases of myogenic temporomandibular joint dysfunction: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceFor 112 adults with myogenic jaw muscle pain, six weeks of physiotherapy lowered average pain to 2.4 on a 10 cm scale, compared with 4.7 for daily occlusal splint, and improved jaw opening more.
• PTCohort201930-day all-cause readmission rates among a cohort of individuals with rare conditions.Disability and health journalAfter hospital stays, people with spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, or fragile X were readmitted within 30 days more often than matched people without a rare condition (44.0% vs 13.4%), especially spina bifida (46.7%).
• PTOTSLPSurvey2019Austerity and families with disabled children: a European survey.Developmental medicine and child neurologyAcross Europe, families with disabled children and professionals reported services were worse than 3 years ago and needs were less well met than 10 years ago. Families in countries with spending cuts reported harder access to welfare support.
• Cohort2019Cord and Early Childhood Plasma Adiponectin Levels and Autism Risk: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren later diagnosed with autism had lower cord blood adiponectin. Higher cord levels were linked to lower autism risk, while early childhood levels were less consistent. This observational study cannot show cause.
• OTOther2019Higher Tactile Temporal Resolution as a Basis of Hypersensitivity in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe autism and typically developing groups did not differ in touch timing resolution or reported sensory hypersensitivity. In the autism group, more precise touch timing was linked to more reported hypersensitivity.
• SLPOther2019Vagal Tone as a Putative Mechanism for Pragmatic Competence: An Investigation of Carriers of the FMR1 Premutation.Journal of autism and developmental disordersHigher resting vagal nerve activity was linked to better pragmatic conversation skills in both FMR1 premutation carriers and controls. Carriers had more pragmatic violations and lower activity, but this study cannot show cause.
• OTSLPCohort2019Physical health in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren who screened positive for autism, ADHD or learning disorders had more physical problems than children who did not screen positive. Epilepsy, migraine, asthma, gut symptoms and daytime wetting were common, and having several disorders together was linked to more problems.
• SLPOther2019The Relation Between Vocal Pitch and Vocal Emotion Recognition Abilities in People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBetter vocal pitch discrimination was linked to better vocal emotion recognition in typical adults, but not in adults with autism, and the link did not differ significantly between groups. Adults with autism recognized emotions and discriminated vocal pitch worse.
• PTOther2019Sex and Maturation Differences in Performance of Functional Jumping and Landing Deficits in Youth Athletes.Journal of sport rehabilitationFemale athletes showed more knee valgus at landing and more technique decline than male athletes. Deficits usually decreased with maturation, but female athletes did not improve knee valgus as they matured.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019Benchmarks of Significant Change After Aphasia Rehabilitation.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationAphasia therapy studies showed gains on the WAB-AQ, CETI and BNT, but gains did not differ by dose frequency or treatment type. Between-group naming gains were not clear.
• OTCohort2019Using Decision Tree Methodology to Predict Employment After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationAfter moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, shorter post-traumatic amnesia was the strongest predictor of later competitive employment. Preinjury job type and higher education also appeared. This was a prediction model, not treatment evidence.
• PTOTSystematic Review2018Rehabilitation and early mobilization in the critical patient: systematic review.Journal of physical therapy scienceEarly mobilization in ICU patients showed mixed results. Some studies found improved muscle strength and walking distance at discharge, while others showed no difference in functional recovery. Most included trials had low methodological quality, making firm conclusions about effectiveness difficult.
• PTOther2018Novel method for evaluation of frontal plane knee alignment using bony prominences in patients with osteoarthritis.Journal of physical therapy scienceA photo-based knee alignment check using markers on bony points matched full-leg X-ray angles closely in people with knee osteoarthritis, and two non-medical examiners could repeat it reliably.
• SLPOther2018Reliability of parent report measures of behaviour in children with Down syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRFor children with Down syndrome, broad behaviour scores were more consistent than individual scores, especially somatic and some anxiety-related scores. Clinicians should not rely on one score alone to judge emotional symptoms.
• OTOther2018Psychometric Evaluation of the Short Sensory Profile in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn 388 children with autism, the Short Sensory Profile did not fit its usual subscale structure. Only taste/smell, movement, and low energy scores held up. Its total score mixed several unrelated sensory behaviours and should not be treated as one sensory problem.
• PTOTCohort2018Cognitive function impacts gait, functional mobility and falls in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome.Gait & postureIn men and women with FXTAS, slower processing speed and poorer attention were linked to shorter strides, slower turning, and more falls in the past year. These cognitive deficits may help identify patients at higher risk of falling.
• PTOther2018Children With Cerebral Palsy Have Greater Stride-to-Stride Variability of Muscle Synergies During Gait Than Typically Developing Children: Implications for Motor Control Complexity.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairChildren with cerebral palsy show greater stride-to-stride variability in muscle synergy patterns than typically developing peers. Their walking uses fewer total synergies but distributes them across more inconsistent structures, suggesting less stable motor control rather than just weaker muscles.
• PTOther2018Effectiveness of home-based physiotherapy on pain and disability in participants with osteoarthritis of knee: an observational study.Journal of physical therapy sciencePain and disability scores improved after home-based physiotherapy combining TENS, ultrasound, exercise, and manual therapy in 139 adults with knee osteoarthritis. With no comparison group, the study cannot show these components caused improvement.
• PTCase Report2018Correction of pseudoscoliosis (lateral thoracic translation posture) for the treatment of low back pain: a CBP® case report.Journal of physical therapy scienceA 29-year-old woman with low back pain reported pain dropping from 4/10 to 2/10 after 36 sessions of spinal manipulation and mirror-image traction. This is a single case report, so it cannot prove the treatment works for other patients.
• PTPilot2018Effects of gait support in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration by a wearable robot based on synchronization control.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOne setting of a wearable robot was associated with smoother trunk walking in front-to-back and up-and-down directions in 12 people with spinocerebellar degeneration, but speed, stride length and cadence did not improve in most. The finding was only for short walking tests.
• PTRCT2018Effects of breathing exercises on resting metabolic rate and maximal oxygen uptake.Journal of physical therapy scienceBoth breathing exercises were followed by higher oxygen uptake scores in healthy adults, and diaphragm breathing was followed by higher resting metabolic rate scores. The two exercises did not differ from each other.
• PTOTOther2018Effects of a progressive walking program on the risk of developing locomotive syndrome in elderly Japanese people: a single-arm trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 24 untrained older adults, a 4-month progressive walking program improved two-step test scores and self-reported locomotive syndrome risk, but stand-up scores did not change. Without a control group, this cannot prove the program caused the improvements.
• PTOTRCT2018Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation plus tracking training therapy in people with stroke: an open-label feasibility study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSix people with chronic stroke safely completed home-based tDCS and finger tracking. All participants could set up the equipment and recommended the program. However, the intervention did not improve motor or cognitive function, likely because the five short sessions were insufficient for efficacy.
• Narrative Review2018Exosomes and Their MicroRNA Cargo: New Players in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairNo clinical finding is reported here. This narrative review summarizes exosomes and microRNAs in peripheral nerve regeneration, with no patients, methods, or outcomes to act on.
• PTOther2018Effect of moderate exercise intensities on the cortical activity in young adults.Journal of physical therapy scienceFifteen minutes of cycling at 60% of peak oxygen uptake improved attention-task scores and frontal brain activity compared with rest or 40% exercise. Temporal lobe activity did not change. The study tested healthy young adults.
• PTCase Report2018Long-term sustained effect of gait training using a hybrid assistive limb on gait stability via prevention of knee collapse in a patient with cerebral palsy: a case report.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn one adolescent with cerebral palsy, 12 hybrid assistive limb sessions plus conventional physical therapy were followed by less knee collapse at 8 months, while gross motor function classification level stayed III. This describes one person, not proof the robot caused change.
• OTOther2019The Influence of Noise on Autonomic Arousal and Cognitive Performance in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdolescents with ASD and matched peers showed similar working memory changes when 75 dB noise was added. Noise improved the easier task and tended to worsen the harder task, but only the ASD group had rising heart rate on the harder noisy task.