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 318 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2019Evaluation of skeletal muscle mass indices, assessed by bioelectrical impedance, as indicators of insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes.Journal of physical therapy scienceRelative total skeletal muscle mass was linked to lower insulin resistance across groups, while appendicular skeletal muscle mass was linked to higher insulin resistance except in older men.
• SLPOther2019PAC1R Genotype to Phenotype Correlations in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn children with ASD, the CC genotype was linked to more ADI-R reciprocal-social difficulty than GC. In a small brain-scan subset, CC showed stronger connectivity between the amygdala and a motion-processing region. This is an exploratory genetic finding, not a treatment result.
• SLPOther2019The use of demonstratives and personal pronouns in fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsBoys with fragile X and autism used more words like this and that in concrete and appropriate ways than boys with idiopathic autism, but pronoun use did not differ. Grammar and autism severity related differently to these words in each group.
• OTCohort2019Pregnancy course, infant outcomes, rehospitalization, and mortality among women with intellectual disability.Disability and health journalWomen with intellectual disability had higher risks of inadequate prenatal care, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, small-for-gestational-age infants, longer delivery hospital stays, and less breastfeeding. Their two-year rehospitalization risk was not higher.
• PTOther2019A study on muscle activity based on the ankle posture for effective exercise with indoor horse riding machine.Journal of physical therapy scienceOn an indoor horse riding machine, holding the ankle at 20 degrees of dorsiflexion raised measured trunk and thigh muscle activity compared with a neutral ankle position. This was tested only in healthy students, not patients.
• SLPOther2019Developmental Effects in Children's Ability to Benefit From F0 Differences Between Target and Masker Speech.Ear and hearingVoice-pitch differences helped adults and 13- to 15-year-olds separate target words from competing speech, but 5- to 7-year-olds gained little. A 9-semitone shift gave adults 10.8 dB and 13- to 15-year-olds 8.7 dB benefit, but 5- to 7-year-olds only 2.1 dB.
• OTNarrative Review2019Sensor Measures of Symmetry Quantify Upper Limb Movement in the Natural Environment Across the Lifespan.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationWearable wrist sensors may track how much people use both arms in daily life, but the paper says more work is needed before it can guide clinical decisions.
• PTRCT2019The effect of massage technique plus thoracic manipulation versus thoracic manipulation on pain and neural tension in mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceAdding Rungthip massage to thoracic manipulation, while both groups also received neck care education, lowered resting neck pain more than thoracic manipulation alone over three weeks, but elbow extension during the nerve tension test did not differ.
• SLPOther2019Beyond pass-fail: Examining the potential utility of two thresholds in the autism screening process.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchUsing two STAT thresholds in a risk-score model sorted 54% of referred toddlers into very likely or very unlikely ASD groups, but overall three scoring methods performed similarly.
• SLPRCT2019Efficacy and Effectiveness of Advanced Hearing Aid Directional and Noise Reduction Technologies for Older Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingPremium directional and noise reduction hearing aid features improved laboratory speech test scores but did not produce clear real-world benefit over basic features in older adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
• PTSystematic Review2019Recent advances in rehabilitation for Parkinson's Disease with Exergames: A Systematic Review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationExercise video games, often paired with balance training or usual exercise, were safe and feasible. Several groups improved balance, gait or alertness at least as much as usual therapy, but no single game or platform clearly worked best.
• OTOther2019Personal resource profiles of individuals with chronic pain: Sociodemographic and pain interference differences.Rehabilitation psychologyPersonal resource groups were found in chronic pain samples, but pain interference differences were mixed: fibromyalgia low versus high groups did not differ after depression was considered, while disability pain groups stayed different over four years.
• PTOTSLPPilot2019The effect of the Hambisela programme on stress levels and quality of life of primary caregivers of children with cerebral palsy: A pilot study.The South African journal of physiotherapyCaregiver stress and total quality of life did not significantly change after Hambisela. Daily activities became more stressful. This underpowered pilot cannot show whether the programme helps.
• PTOTMeta-Analysis2019Effect of Specific Over Nonspecific VR-Based Rehabilitation on Poststroke Motor Recovery: A Systematic Meta-analysis.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairRehabilitation-specific and commercial VR did not differ clearly. Rehabilitation-specific VR showed better upper-limb movement and daily hand use than usual therapy, while commercial VR did not.
• PTOther2019Influence of muscle activation of posterior oblique sling from changes in activation of gluteus maximus from exercise of prone hip extension of normal adult male and female.Journal of physical therapy scienceAdding hip abduction and knee flexion to prone hip extension increased gluteus maximus and opposite latissimus dorsi activation, while reducing hamstring activation, in healthy young adults.
• SLPCase Series2019Acquiring a first language in adolescence: the case of basic word order in American Sign Language.Journal of child languageDeaf adolescents learning ASL after early language deprivation gradually preferred basic word order, like young children, but took longer. Their varied orders mostly followed specific verbs, and topic markers were often missing.
• SLPOther2019Online Machine Learning Audiometry.Ear and hearingOnline machine learning audiometry gave hearing threshold estimates close to online Hughson-Westlake audiometry, but repeat results were less consistent. In about 10% of ears, 49 tones were too few for reliable extreme-frequency estimates.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Validation of the Simplified Chinese Psychoeducational Profile Third Edition in Mainland China.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAfter Mandarin and everyday-item changes, the Simplified Chinese PEP-3 gave stable scores and was related to other child-development measures, so it can help therapists profile strengths and weaknesses in Mandarin-speaking children with ASD in mainland China. It does not prove treatment works.
• PTOther2019Perception of trunk inclination during sitting with feet in contact with the floor.Journal of physical therapy scienceSitting with feet on the floor, 15 healthy young adults reproduced -15° and -10° backward tilt more accurately than 20° forward tilt. Direction of error did not change across angles. This does not show effects in patients.
• Case-Control2018Diffusional kurtosis imaging of the corpus callosum in autism.Molecular autismYoung adults with autism had lower measures of axon packing and water movement inside axons in the corpus callosum, mainly mid and posterior regions. Processing speed was lower, but these callosal measures did not predict processing speed in autism.
• Other2018Modeling the quantitative nature of neurodevelopmental disorders using Collaborative Cross mice.Molecular autismIn 285 male mice from 53 lines, digging and movement were strongly influenced by genetics and linked to genetic regions. Social discrimination tests showed weak genetic influence and no links. Repetitive exploratory patterns were influenced by genetics and linked to regions containing autism-related genes.
• SLPRCT2018Learning new words from an interactive electronic storybook intervention.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsGrade 1 children learned new words and kept them for 8 weeks after using an interactive e-book for two hours total. The control group also improved once they used the e-book. This shows short, independent digital exposure can build vocabulary in low-resource settings.
• Other2018The valproic acid rat model of autism presents with gut bacterial dysbiosis similar to that in human autism.Molecular autismPrenatal valproic acid exposure in rats reduced fecal microbial richness and altered gut bacteria composition, including an increase in Clostridia species. These changes resembled dysbiosis seen in human autism, validating the rat model for gut-brain research but providing no direct evidence for clinical interventions.
• SLPPilot2018Assessing speech correction abilities with acoustic analyses: Evidence of preserved online correction in persons with aphasia.International journal of speech-language pathologyEvery participant in this small study showed within-syllable speech correction. Their vowel sounds moved closer to their own average target by mid-word. In this small sample, online correction appeared to remain working even when speech errors were frequent.
• SLPCohort2019Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation and Risk of Incident Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingIn 9,079 women followed prospectively, plasma CRP, IL-6, and TNFR-2 were not associated with incident self-reported moderate or worse hearing loss. Some age-specific TNFR-2 findings appeared, but authors said they could be chance.
• SLPOther2019Compensatory and Serial Processing Models for Relating Electrophysiology, Speech Understanding, and Cognition.Ear and hearingIn 33 people, the data did not favor either a compensatory or serial model of how cognition and auditory coding shape speech understanding in noise. The two models received nearly equal support, so no clear account was established.
• PTSurvey2019Prevalence of cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, hearing loss, and blindness, National Health Interview Survey, 2009-2016.Disability and health journalNational parent-reported estimates show cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, moderate-to-severe hearing loss, and blindness in US children. Intellectual disability estimates changed after wording changed; other estimates were stable.
• SLPOther2019Cochlear Reflectance and Otoacoustic Emission Predictions of Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingDPOAEs outperformed cochlear reflectance when each used one frequency. Cochlear reflectance improved with multiple frequencies and separate sex criteria, but took longer. A single DPOAE at 6 kHz was fast and accurate for overall hearing screening.
• PTOTCase Report2019Safety and efficacy of robotic elbow training using the upper limb single-joint hybrid assistive limb combined with conventional rehabilitation for bilateral obstetric brachial plexus injury with co-contraction: a case report.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn an adult with brachial plexus injury and cocontraction, robot elbow training plus usual rehab was completed without serious adverse events. Some elbow motion, left elbow power, and right hand and self-reported function scores improved, while other measures did not.
• PTOther2019Design, development, and evaluation of a local sensor-based gait phase recognition system using a logistic model decision tree for orthosis-control.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA thigh and knee signal algorithm identified stance and swing phases in able-bodied walkers across slopes and speeds. A correction step improved correct phase identification on unseen data, but no patient outcomes were tested.
• SLPSystematic Review2019Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Autism Stigma and Informal Caregiver Mental Health.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAcross twelve studies, autism stigma was consistently linked to depression, anxiety and poor wellbeing in caregivers. Rejection from family and friends hurt more than public judgement. Mindfulness and self-compassion buffered these effects.
• SLPQualitative2019SLP-Perceived Technical and Patient-Centered Factors Associated with Pharyngeal High-Resolution Manometry.DysphagiaSLPs saw pharyngeal manometry as an objective add-on to videofluoroscopy or FEES, especially for unclear cases, treatment planning, progress tracking, and biofeedback. They disagreed on which patients should get it and when.
• SLPOther2019A Novel Three-Dimensional Analysis of Tongue Movement During Water and Saliva Deglutition: A Preliminary Study on Swallowing Patterns.DysphagiaHealthy adults moved the back of the tongue more than the front up and down when swallowing saliva or water. Larger water volumes produced wider tongue movement on the up-down and front-back axes. Side-to-side motion changed little.
• PTCase Series2019Treatment monitoring as a component of psychologically informed physical therapy: A case series of patients at high risk for persistent low back pain related disability.Musculoskeletal science & practiceIn high-risk low back pain patients, changes in psychological scores predicted disability outcomes better than physical impairment scores. However, neither predicted pain intensity changes better than the patient's baseline pain score. Use psychological measures to track functional recovery, not pain.
• PTOther2019Relationship between forefoot structure, including the transverse arch, and forefoot pain in patients with hallux valgus.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn women with hallux valgus, greater forefoot transverse arch length was linked to forefoot pain, even after adjusting for age, body mass index, and hallux valgus angle. Transverse arch height was not.
• SLPRCT2019Evaluation of a New Algorithm to Optimize Audibility in Cochlear Implant Recipients.Ear and hearingThe SoftVoice algorithm improved hearing of soft speech in quiet for cochlear implant users without harming normal conversation. However, it made environmental noises bothersome for some. Lowering sensitivity thresholds to reduce this noise also reduced the benefit for soft speech, requiring a trade-off in programming.
• PTRCT2019The effect of 8 weeks of treatment with transcranial pulsed electromagnetic fields on hand tremor and inter-hand coherence in persons with Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationEight weeks of transcranial pulsed electromagnetic field treatment did not differ from placebo for Parkinson's hand tremor intensity, peak power, peak frequency, or coherence in all participants. A reduction in hand coherence appeared only in the unilateral postural tremor subgroup.
• SLPCase Report2019Electroencephalography-based endogenous brain-computer interface for online communication with a completely locked-in patient.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn a single patient with completely locked-in ALS, an EEG-based mental-imagery BCI classified yes/no answers online with 87.5% average accuracy across four runs, but this case cannot prove the method works for other patients.
• PTOTNarrative Review2019Tele-monitored tDCS rehabilitation: feasibility, challenges and future perspectives in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationRemote tDCS for Parkinson's is feasible and safe, with high compliance and mild side effects. Efficacy data is pending or limited to small open-label studies, so it should not be used as a proven treatment for motor or cognitive symptoms yet.
• Pilot2019Exploratory study of sport-related concussion effects on peripheral micro-RNA expression.Brain injuryAfter sport-related concussion, three blood markers rose in athletes, but they did not consistently track symptoms, cognition, balance, or recovery time. Participants with increased miR-let-7a-5p had slower ImPACT reaction time. This is exploratory and does not change clinical care.
• OTSurvey2019Factors associated with depression and anxiety in children with intellectual disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with intellectual disability who also had autism, ADHD, frequent pain, or bullying were more likely to have depression or anxiety. Hispanic children with intellectual disability and children with Down syndrome were less likely. This cannot show cause.
• OTSLPSurvey2019Treatment patterns in children with autism in the United States.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMost US children with autism received several non-drug therapies, with speech therapy the most common and usually school-based. Rural residence was linked to less therapy and lower intensity; insurance type was not consistently linked to therapy.
• PTOther2019Uneven terrain exacerbates the deficits of a passive prosthesis in the regulation of whole body angular momentum in individuals with a unilateral transtibial amputation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOn uneven ground, ten people with transtibial amputation and passive prostheses had more variable body rotational momentum than ten controls. The prosthetic side showed larger average rotational momentum than the sound side. This was a small lab study, not a treatment test.
• SLPCohort2019Shifting Preferences for Primate Faces in Neurotypical Infants and Infants Later Diagnosed With ASD.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchInfants later diagnosed with ASD looked longer at human faces than non-faces at 6 months, unlike neurotypical infants, who also looked longer at monkey faces. The ASD group's preference for primate faces declined by 18 months. This is an eye-tracking pattern, not a clinical screen.
• PTProtocol2019Daily and Weekly Rehabilitation Delivery for Young Children With Gross Motor Delay: A Randomized Clinical Trial Protocol (the DRIVE Study).Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationNo participant outcomes are reported. This is a trial protocol for therapy frequency in infants with cerebral palsy or risk of cerebral palsy.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Altered muscle activation patterns (AMAP): an analytical tool to compare muscle activity patterns of hemiparetic gait with a normative profile.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA new muscle activity analysis tool identified specific timing and amplitude deviations in stroke survivors' walking. Plantarflexor abnormalities correlated with reduced propulsion and slower walking speeds, offering a way to target gait rehabilitation based on individual muscle coordination deficits.
• Other2018Autism-associated CHD8 deficiency impairs axon development and migration of cortical neurons.Molecular autismCHD8 deficiency slowed axon and dendrite growth and delayed cortical neuron migration in mouse and cell models. This is a molecular mechanism in autism-related CHD8 mutations, not a therapy finding.
• SLPCohort2018Inherited and multiple de novo mutations in autism/developmental delay risk genes suggest a multifactorial model.Molecular autismMany autism risk genes were identified, multiple new mutations occurred in some patients, and inherited mutations had milder parent traits. This supports a multifactorial model, not one-gene explanations, and gives no tested therapy change.
• SLPOther2018Automatic prediction of intelligible speaking rate for individuals with ALS from speech acoustic and articulatory samples.International journal of speech-language pathologyA model estimated intelligible speaking rate from a single short speech sample. Combining sound with lip and tongue movement gave the closest estimates, but it was tested in only 12 people with ALS and 2 controls.
• Other2019Hospital and ED charges for spina bifida care in the United States between 2006 and 2014: Over $2 billion annually.Disability and health journalEstimated United States hospital and emergency department charges for spina bifida care rose from $1.2 billion in 2006 to $2.04 billion in 2014, with more emergency visits. These are charges, not costs.