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 321 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2019Particular protrusion perception arising from plantar sensory input and task guidance enhances lower limb joint dynamics during gait.Journal of physical therapy scienceAttaching small protrusions to the heel or big toe changed muscle activity and foot angles during walking in healthy adults. Heel protrusions increased toe clearance and ankle dorsiflexion, while toe protrusions increased plantarflexion. This sensory cue altered mechanics but did not test clinical outcomes.
• Meta-Analysis2019Oral melatonin for non-respiratory sleep disturbance in children with neurodisabilities: systematic review and meta-analyses.Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn children with neurodisabilities, melatonin compared with placebo increased total sleep time and shortened time to fall asleep, but did not clearly improve night wakings or sleep efficiency. Benefit appeared greatest in children with ASD, though the studies were small and inconsistent.
• OTSLPCohort2019Fifteen-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study of Adult Outcomes of Autism Spectrum Disorders Among Children Attending Centers in Five Regional Departments in France: The EpiTED Cohort.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMost children with ASD in this French follow-up still had very slow growth in communication, socialization and daily living skills by young adulthood. Early autism severity and intellectual level predicted later adaptive outcomes, and language impairment was linked to self-injury.
• PTOTCohort2019Mortality due to cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer in adults with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyAdults with cerebral palsy in England died at higher rates from respiratory and circulatory diseases than the general population. Respiratory deaths were most elevated. Cancer mortality was not significantly higher. These findings highlight a need for vigilance regarding heart and lung health in this group.
• SLPOther2019The syntactic and semantic features of two-year-olds' verb vocabularies: a comparison of typically developing children and late talkers.Journal of child languageLate talkers produced 5.4 verbs versus 32.7 for typically developing two-year-olds, but their verb vocabularies mostly followed the same patterns. The clear difference was that late talkers seemed to know fewer manner verbs, such as walk and run, than expected from their total verb count.
• PTOther2019Cognitive-motor interference in post-stroke individuals and healthy adults under different cognitive load and task prioritization conditions.Journal of physical therapy scienceWhen stroke survivors and healthy adults walked while counting backwards, higher counting difficulty and instructions to focus on counting made walking slower and take more steps. Their counting accuracy did not show the same clear decline.
• OTSLPOther2019Stop Making Noise! Auditory Sensitivity in Adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis: Physiological Habituation and Subjective Detection Thresholds.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with autism and adults without autism did not differ in how their sweat response settled to repeated sounds or in hearing thresholds. Adults with autism reported more auditory sensitivity and rated sounds more arousing.
• OTCohort2019Relationship Consensus and Caregiver Burden in Adults with Cognitive Impairments 6 Months Following Stroke.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationCaregivers of stroke survivors with cognitive impairments who reported less agreement on goals and expectations were more likely to have high burden. Time together and satisfaction did not track with burden in the main analysis.
• PTOther2019Measurement of the cross-sectional area of the hamstring muscles during initial and stretch positions with gravity magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of physical therapy scienceHamstring muscles shrink when stretched, but the amount of shrinkage does not predict how flexible a person is. The semimembranosus resists shape change more than other hamstring muscles. This method measures muscle deformation, not joint range of motion.
• SLPOther2019Effects of speaking rate, loudness, and clarity modifications on kinematic endpoint variability.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsIn 17 typical talkers, jaw endpoint variability was larger during loud speech than typical speech, while slow speech showed a similar trend but was not clearly different. Tongue endpoint variability did not change across rate, loudness, or clarity.
• PTCohort2019MRS and DTI evidence of progressive posterior cingulate cortex and corpus callosum injury in the hyper-acute phase after Traumatic Brain Injury.Brain injuryMRI scans within 24 hours of traumatic brain injury showed metabolic disruption in the posterior cingulate cortex and white matter damage in the corpus callosum. These changes progressed over the first week and correlated with short-term clinical outcome, suggesting early markers of secondary injury.
• SLPQualitative2019Acceptability and understanding of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition, as part of the Healthy Child Programme 2-year health and development review in England: Parent and professional perspectives.Child: care, health and developmentParents and professionals generally accepted the ASQ-3 in the 2-year review as useful, but parents could become anxious when items felt like a test, and sites used and scored it inconsistently.
• SLPCohort2019A Comparative Analysis of Eating Behavior of School-Aged Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Their Caregivers' Quality of Life: Perspectives of Caregivers.DysphagiaCaregivers of school-aged children with eosinophilic esophagitis did not report different eating behaviors than controls. However, they experienced significantly higher worry about choking and greater difficulty managing mealtimes, reducing their own quality of life.
• SLPOther2019Learning speech-internal cues to pronoun interpretation from co-speech gesture: a training study.Journal of child languageTraining with ambiguous pronouns and gestures increased 5-year-olds' first-mentioned pronoun choices. Gender or name training did not show this change, and no training was clearly better than the others.
• PTOther2019Applying LDA-based pattern recognition to predict isometric shoulder and elbow torque generation in individuals with chronic stroke with moderate to severe motor impairment.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFor 20 of 29 people with chronic stroke, a sensor measuring arm forces identified intended shoulder and elbow effort above 90%. Errors clustered between adduction and internal rotation, and abduction and external rotation.
• SLPSurvey2019Video Remote Interpreting Technology in Health Care: Cross-Sectional Study of Deaf Patients' Experiences.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesDeaf adults who used video remote interpreting mostly rated the service unsatisfactory. Those who felt it interfered with sharing health information were less likely to be satisfied.
• OTSurvey2019A Description of the Educational Setting Among Individuals With Fragile X Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesMost children with Fragile X in this survey spent at least some time in a regular classroom, but caregivers reported many were substantially below grade level, and older males spent less regular classroom time.
• PTOther2019A vertical load applied towards the trunk unilaterally increases the bilateral abdominal muscle activities.Journal of physical therapy scienceA seated unilateral vertical load test raised trunk muscle activity bilaterally. For some muscles, contralateral activity was greater. This was in healthy men only, so it does not show patient outcomes or walking demands.
• PTOTCohort2019The Association Between Social Engagement, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Falls Among Older Primary Care Patients.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationMild cognitive impairment was linked to more prior-year falls in 430 older primary care patients at risk of mobility decline. Higher social engagement was linked to fewer falls, and among those with high engagement, MCI was not linked to falls. These are associations.
• Systematic Review2019Clinical effects of transparent facial pressure masks: A literature review.Prosthetics and orthotics internationalTwo of three small studies found significant scar improvement with transparent facial pressure masks, but one found no significant change. Evidence is limited to observational studies with no control groups, so effectiveness is not confirmed.
• PTOther2019Effect of ankle-foot orthosis with a built-in spring on muscle activity during the sit-to-stand movement in healthy individuals.Journal of physical therapy scienceWearing an ankle-foot orthosis with a built-in spring reduced muscle activity in the thigh and calf muscles during sit-to-stand movements in healthy men, while increasing activity in the shin muscle. The spring assisted the movement mechanics.
• SLPOther2019The Role of Speech-Language Pathology in an Interdisciplinary Care Model for Persistent Symptomatology of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Seminars in speech and languageThis is a service description of an interdisciplinary care model for mild traumatic brain injury, not a study. It details assessment tools and therapy approaches but reports no patient outcomes or evidence of effectiveness.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Designing effective AAC displays for individuals with developmental or acquired disabilities: State of the science and future research directions.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)How AAC displays are arranged changes what people look at and how quickly they find symbols. Cluster symbols by color or space, use photos of people in real activities, and pair adult scenes with text.
• SLPQualitative2019Design Requirements for a Digital Aid to Support Adults With Mild Learning Disabilities During Clinical Consultations: Qualitative Study With Experts.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesExperts said adults with mild learning disabilities need closed, one-at-a-time questions, avoiding jargon. They wanted symptoms shown by picture, text, and speech, with no more than four options, and clear skip and return buttons.
• OTRCT2019Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Children with Developmental Delay: The Role of Sleep Problems.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPIn 44 children with developmental delay, those who received Parent-Child Interaction Therapy had lower parent-reported sleep problems after treatment than waitlisted children. Pretreatment sleep problems did not predict parent-reported behavior improvement, but fewer sleep problems were linked to greater observed compliance gains.
• PTOTSLPOther2019What Drives Detection and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder? Looking Under the Hood of a Multi-stage Screening Process in Early Intervention.Journal of autism and developmental disordersReferring children for autism assessment based on provider or parent concern, even when screening scores are negative, found more diagnoses per staff hour than relying on positive scores alone. Concern was the stronger driver of engagement and diagnosis than the test results.
• PTCohort2019A 1-Month Physical Therapy-Based Outpatient Program for Adults Awaiting Lung Transplantation: A Retrospective Analysis of Exercise Capacity, Symptoms, and Quality of Life.Cardiopulmonary physical therapy journalLung transplant candidates who completed a short outpatient program combining multi-domain exercise, education, and oxygen titration improved walking distance by 69 meters. Shortness of breath did not show clear improvement.
• OTSLPCase-Control2019Exploring the cognitive phenotype of Kabuki (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRVisual construction and visual memory were weaker in people with Kabuki syndrome who completed detailed testing than in a control group with other genetic disorders. Immediate verbal recall was slightly higher, and planning and social cognition did not differ.
• SLPOther2019Development of a hearing help-seeking questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavior.International journal of audiologyA new 18-item questionnaire distinguishes older adults who seek hearing tests from those who do not. Scores on intentions, perceived control, and attitudes were significantly higher in those who followed up with a test. The tool relies on self-report and has not yet been tested for stability over time.
• PTOther2019The effect of surface inclination and limb on knee loading measures in transtibial prosthesis users.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationKnee loading rate was lowest up slope, and down slope was greater than all surfaces except bottom slope, in transtibial prosthesis users walking in a lab. The intact limb had higher rate than prosthetic limb, but these were knee loading measures, not osteoarthritis outcomes.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Cognitive predictors of sentence comprehension in children with and without developmental language disorder: Implications for assessment and treatment.International journal of speech-language pathologyChildren with developmental language disorder understood simple subject-object and reversed word-order sentences worse than matched peers. The model links comprehension to complex working memory, not one single ability. It does not show that training working memory helps.
• Other2019Development of a battery-free ultrasonically powered functional electrical stimulator for movement restoration after paralyzing spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA battery-free implant powered by external ultrasound stimulated leg muscles in three paralyzed rats. The device generated movement comparable to standard electrical stimulators, but this is a pre-clinical engineering test, not evidence of human efficacy.
• PTRCT2019A Person-Centered Prehabilitation Program Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Physical Therapy for Patients Scheduled for Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Physical therapyBefore lumbar fusion surgery, the cognitive-behavioral physical therapy prehabilitation did not reduce disability more than conventional care. Both groups improved, and a health-related quality-of-life secondary result favored the program but did not reach the minimal important change.
• PTCohort2019Measuring physical activity levels in hospitalized patients: a comparison between behavioural mapping and data from an accelerometer.Clinical rehabilitationIn 30 hospitalized patients, behavioural mapping and an accelerometer matched closely on group-level time lying, sitting and moving. For individual patients, differences of 20% or more were common, so use group-level data, not one patient's score.
• SLPCohort2019Autism With and Without Regression: A Two-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study in Two Population-Derived Swedish Cohorts.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAbout one in five children with autism had lost words they already used. These children had more severe language and thinking difficulties, so ask parents about earlier words and plan detailed follow-up.
• PTOther2019Exploring the Roles of Central and Peripheral Nervous System Function in Gait Stability: Preliminary Insights from Cancer Survivors.Gait & postureCancer survivors with chemotherapy and no to mild neuropathy symptoms showed worse dual-task treadmill stability than controls. In those with moderate to severe neuropathy, stability tracked executive function, but they did not differ significantly from controls.
• PTOTOther2019Energy cost of ambulation in trans-tibial amputees using a dynamic-response foot with hydraulic versus rigid 'ankle': insights from body centre of mass dynamics.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSwitching from a rigid prosthetic foot attachment to one with a small hydraulic ankle reduced metabolic energy cost per meter by 11.8% on level ground and 20.2% on declines. This allowed faster walking at the same perceived effort, particularly on 10-degree slopes.
• SLPCase-Control2019Auditory event-related potentials and function of the medial olivocochlear efferent system in children with auditory processing disorders.International journal of audiologyChildren with auditory processing disorder had slower brain responses to a speech sound even in quiet, and stronger cochlear feedback under both-ear noise. The slower responses were related to SCAN-3 and phonemic test scores, but the study does not show that any treatment works.
• OTOther2019Evaluation of tremor interference with control of voluntary reaching movements in patients with Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPeople with Parkinson's disease and tremor began reaching later and took longer to complete movements than controls. Measured tremor intensity tracked the delay in starting, but clinical tremor scores did not.
• SLPCohort2019Differences in the relation between temperament and vocabulary based on children's stuttering trajectories.Journal of communication disordersChildren who stutter had lower word-understanding scores when parents rated them as more emotionally negative. This link was not seen in children who did not stutter. It did not separate children who persisted from those who recovered.
• SLPCase-Control2019Similarities in Functional Play and Differences in Symbolic Play of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesChildren with autism showed similar everyday toy use and interest in different toys as matched peers, but less pretend play, especially having a doll act on objects.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Five overarching factors central to grammatical learning and treatment in children with developmental language disorder.International journal of language & communication disordersNo original methods or results are reported. This narrative review offers expert recommendations, not tested interventions.
• PTOther2019Years of running experience influences stride-to-stride fluctuations and adaptive response during step frequency perturbations in healthy distance runners.Gait & postureEnforced step frequencies did not produce a clear change in the main measure of step-to-step pattern. The most experienced runners had a different baseline step-to-step pattern and returned to preferred step frequency faster. No injury outcome was tested.
• PTOther2019Intra-rater reliability and criterion-related validity of using an accelerometer to measure the impact force and knee joint sway during single-leg drop landing.Journal of physical therapy scienceA shin-mounted sensor reliably tracked the timing of peak landing force, matching laboratory standards. However, it poorly measured side-to-side knee sway compared to force plates. Use this tool to assess shock absorption timing, but do not rely on it to quantify knee instability.
• PTPilot2019Ankle power biofeedback attenuates the distal-to-proximal redistribution in older adults.Gait & postureHealthy older adults could increase ankle push-off power by 14% with real-time feedback during treadmill walking, and they used less hip power. When they recalled the change overground, preferred walking speed became faster.
• SLPCohort2019Relationship Between Laryngeal Sensation, Length of Intubation, and Aspiration in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure.DysphagiaAbsent laryngeal reflex after extubation was associated with aspiration, especially in patients with shorter ventilation. It was not associated with pneumonia. The study reports association, not cause.
• PTOTRCT2019Boosting robot-assisted rehabilitation of stroke hemiparesis by individualized selection of upper limb movements - a pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe group comparison of selected versus standard upper-limb movement training before adjusting for baseline scores was not significant. After accounting for baseline scores, the group trained on selected movements had an adjusted change of 4.42 versus 2.12 Fugl-Meyer points, but other outcomes were null.
• SLPCase-Control2019ASD Screening with the Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5 in the Study to Explore Early Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA CBCL/1.5-5 autism-scale score of 65 or higher flagged 0.80 of children with ASD, but it correctly did not flag only 0.50 of children with developmental delays who also had ASD features.
• PTOther2019Relationship between foot alignment and floating toes classified in static and dynamic conditions in females.Journal of physical therapy scienceHealthy women whose floating toes did not improve during toe-grip or forward transfer had lower measured arch height and a larger little-toe angle than women whose toes improved. Other measured foot alignment items did not differ. The study did not test treatment.
• PTOTSurvey2019Late life disability and experienced wellbeing: Are economic resources a buffer?Disability and health journalOlder adults whose impairments interfered more with regular activities reported lower emotional wellbeing during daily tasks. Middle income softened this link. Wealth did not buffer it, and higher wealth was tied to lower wellbeing.