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 322 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPPilot2019Tinnitus Treatment Using Noninvasive and Minimally Invasive Electric Stimulation: Experimental Design and Feasibility.Trends in hearingShort-term electric stimulation reduced tinnitus in some people but not all, and caused tingling or pain. Minimally invasive round-window stimulation produced longer temporary relief in two participants. This pilot suggests parameters need testing, not that treatment works.
• SLPCohort2019Preschool Staff Spot Social Communication Difficulties, But Not Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Young Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPreschool staff accurately identified social communication difficulties in young autistic children, matching clinical assessments. However, they failed to distinguish restricted and repetitive behaviors between groups. Relying on teacher reports for these specific behaviors is unreliable; direct clinical observation is required.
• PTProtocol2019Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain.Archives of physiotherapyNo patients were tested. The paper only describes how a reactive balance test could be built from a Y-balance test and lights, so it offers no evidence for use in sport injury or return to sport decisions.
• SLPCohort2019Use of co-verbal gestures during word-finding difficulty among Cantonese speakers with fluent aphasia and unimpaired controls.AphasiologyCo-verbal gestures did not improve word retrieval success in fluent aphasia or controls. Object naming ability and overall language severity predicted word finding success. Gestures served communicative functions rather than assisting lexical retrieval.
• PTOther2019The recovery time required for rat joint contractures treated with joint fixation with unweighting of the hind limbs.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn rats, ankle contractures caused by one week of joint fixation and unweighting took longer to recover than fixation alone, but range of motion returned to baseline within two weeks. This suggests early mobilization may be effective, though animal models limit direct clinical application.
• SLPRCT2019Neuronavigated Versus Non-navigated Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Study.Trends in hearingBrain-image-guided rTMS did not beat scalp-landmark rTMS on primary tinnitus handicap, annoyance, or distress scores. Both groups improved, and non-navigated had better intensity.
• PTOTRCT2019Effects of dry needling on tendon-pulley architecture, pain and hand function in patients with trigger finger: a randomized controlled trial study.Journal of physical therapy scienceOne dry needling session lowered pain, improved hand function and pinch grip, and reduced A1 pulley and tendon thickness one week after treatment in trigger finger. Control showed little change.
• PTOther2019Associations between impairments and activity limitations components of the international classification of functioning and the gross motor function and subtypes of children with cerebral palsy.Journal of physical therapy scienceChildren with more limited gross motor function had more impairments and greater difficulty with transfers and mobility. Spastic quadriplegia and GMFCS level V were linked, while hemiplegia and lower levels walked more independently.
• PTOTOther2019Self-efficacy and Reach Performance in Individuals With Mild Motor Impairment Due to Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairConfidence for reaching was lower with the more affected arm in 20 people with mild arm impairment after stroke and 6 controls. Confidence about accuracy tracked accuracy on reaches across the body; speed confidence did not track speed for the more affected arm.
• PTOther2019Effects of non-paretic arm movements during bridge exercises on trunk muscle activity in stroke patients.Journal of physical therapy scienceAdding non-paretic arm flexion or horizontal abduction to bridge exercises increased internal oblique and erector spinae activity in 18 stroke patients, especially on the paretic side. Rectus abdominis activity did not increase.
• PTCohort2019Muscle synergies demonstrate only minimal changes after treatment in cerebral palsy.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAfter injections, nerve surgery, or orthopedic surgery, plus usual rehabilitation, children's muscle coordination patterns changed little. Small changes made the patterns less like typical walkers. Orthopedic surgery improved walking form, but walking speed decreased.
• SLPOther2019Effect of Noise Reduction Gain Errors on Simulated Cochlear Implant Speech Intelligibility.Trends in hearingCorrecting noise-reduction errors in speech gaps helped only when transitions were also accurate. In simulated cochlear implant listening, gap-only fixes had little benefit in stationary noise, and transition-only fixes were weak.
• PTOTSurvey2019Physical activity patterns and multimorbidity burden of older adults with different levels of functional status: NHANES 2003-2006.Disability and health journalOlder adults with activity limitations or difficulty with daily tasks moved less and spent more time sedentary than high-functioning peers. Their activity rose later and peaked lower, especially in morning and midday, when differences were largest.
• SLPOther2019Improving Localization and Speech Reception in Noise for Bilateral Cochlear Implant Recipients.Trends in hearingFor bilateral cochlear implant users, raising gain thresholds improved localization by 4 degrees. Linking left and right automatic gain control improved localization by 8 degrees and lowered speech reception threshold in continuous noise by 3.1 decibels when Autosensitivity was off.
• SLPCohort2019Criminal Behavior and School Discipline in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth with Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersJustice-involved youth with autism had fewer property offenses, fewer school policy violations, and fewer suspensions than matched groups. Recidivism rates were similar, but prior school fighting was associated with higher recidivism risk.
• PTOTSystematic Review2019Effects of Dopamine on Motor Recovery and Training in Adults and Children With Nonprogressive Neurological Injuries: A Systematic Review.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairEvidence for dopamine medication was mixed. Some levodopa stroke studies showed motor improvement, but evidence for traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury was weak.
• SLPCase-Control2019Lower circulating endocannabinoid levels in children with autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismChildren with autism spectrum disorder had lower serum AEA, OEA, and PEA levels than matched controls. The levels did not relate to symptom severity, adaptive behavior, ADHD, epilepsy, or medication use.
• Other2019Intestinal dysmotility in a zebrafish (Danio rerio) shank3a;shank3b mutant model of autism.Molecular autismZebrafish larvae with mutations in SHANK3-related genes had slower gut movement than normal larvae. Their intestinal contractions were less frequent, and fluorescent beads took longer to pass through the gut. The work does not show an effect in people.
• SLPRCT2019Comparison of Frequency Transposition and Frequency Compression for People With Extensive Dead Regions in the Cochlea.Trends in hearingFor people with extensive high-frequency dead regions, frequency lowering did not improve consonant identification, /s/ or /z/ detection, or self-rated hearing over control aids. Speech-in-noise testing was possible for only a few participants. It made /sh/ more audible for many.
• SLPOther2019Discrimination of Gain Increments in Speech-Shaped Noises.Trends in hearingThe smallest noticeable gain increments in 38 hearing-aid candidates or users were 2.8 dB across most frequency bands, 4.5 dB at 0.25 kHz, and 1.5 dB across all bands. Smaller changes may not be noticed.
• PTCase-Control2019Characteristics and distributions of myofascial trigger points in individuals with chronic tension-type headaches.Journal of physical therapy scienceActive trigger points were found in people with chronic tension-type headaches, mostly in head, neck and shoulder muscles, with pressure pain thresholds averaging 1.0 kg/cm2; healthy controls had none.
• OTCohort2019Hospital readmissions among older people with intellectual disability in comparison with the general population.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDROlder people with intellectual disability were more likely to be readmitted within 30 days, especially after nervous, musculoskeletal, respiratory or digestive admissions. Risk was lower for mental, behavioural and circulatory diagnoses. Review discharge plans.
• PTRCT2019Immediate after-effects of robot-assisted gait with pelvic support or pelvic constraint on overground walking in healthy subjects.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAfter robot walking with the pelvis constrained, healthy people took the first overground trial with less side-to-side pelvic movement and a narrower step width than after pelvic support. The change did not persist into later trials.
• PTOTRCT2019Myoelectric Computer Interface Training for Reducing Co-Activation and Enhancing Arm Movement in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Trial.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairChronic stroke survivors using EMG computer arm training improved Fugl-Meyer arm scores by 3.3 points at 6 weeks, with gains at 10 weeks. No dose or movement versus isometric training was clearly better, and there was no control group.
• SLPCohort2019Novel word learning at 21 months predicts receptive vocabulary outcomes in later childhood.Journal of child languageAmong 17 children followed from 21 months to mean 9.56 years, better novel word learning predicted higher later receptive vocabulary, but not non-verbal IQ or visuospatial skills. The sample was small, so this is a possible early marker, not a diagnostic tool.
• SLPOther2019Error patterns and revisions in the graphic symbol utterances of 3- and 4-year-old children who need augmentative and alternative communication.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)Children using AAC make different errors depending on the sentence type. They struggle most with word order in subject-verb-object sentences and dropping small words like "is" in descriptions. They rarely pick the wrong symbol. Most self-corrections happen during construction and improve the final message.
• PTOther2019Characteristics of respiratory muscle fatigue upon inhalation resistance with a maximal inspiratory mouth pressure of 50.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 14 healthy men, breathing against a 50% inspiratory load for 20 minutes lowered inspiratory and expiratory mouth pressure. Pressure changed significantly during 30 minutes of rest. The neck and abdominal muscles showed the clearest fatigue.
• Qualitative2019Fragile X syndrome clinical trials: exploring parental decision-making.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRParents choosing fragile X drug trials weighed hoped-for benefit, medication attitudes, symptom match, side effects, and burden. Ease varied, but all said they chose rightly at the time. The study describes decisions, not whether trials help.
• PTOther2019Three-dimensional path of the body centre of mass during walking in children: an index of neural maturation.International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptationIn healthy children 5–13, the body's centre of mass path while walking got shorter and less side-to-side relative to height as age increased, and changed shape with speed. These treadmill norms are preliminary, not a validated clinical test.
• PTOTOther2019A path analysis of the interdependent relationships between life space assessment scores and relevant factors in an elderly Japanese community.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 212 Japanese older adults, age, lower muscle mass, more fear of falling, and slower Timed Up and Go were directly linked to narrower life-space mobility. Cognition and chair-stand time appeared only through other factors.
• PTOther2019Measurement of intercostal muscle thickness with ultrasound imaging during maximal breathing.Journal of physical therapy scienceUltrasound detected intercostal muscle thickening during maximal breathing only at the front of the chest. Measurements at the side and back showed no change, meaning this method cannot currently assess respiratory muscle activity across the whole rib cage.
• SLPOther2019Sodium salicylate alters temporal integration measured through increasing stimulus presentation rates.International journal of audiologyIn mice, sodium salicylate raised hearing thresholds but made faster stimulus rates improve them. This altered auditory brainstem response pattern suggests central hyperactivity, not peripheral repair, offering a potential objective marker for tinnitus mechanisms.
• OTOther2019Grip control and motor coordination with implanted and surface electrodes while grasping with an osseointegrated prosthetic hand.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationImplanted electrodes gave three amputees finer grip force control, breaking fewer fragile objects. However, surface electrodes allowed faster transfers and better timing between grip and lift. The implanted system did not improve overall motor coordination, likely due to a lack of tactile feedback.
• SLPOther2019Variation in language mixing in multilingual aphasia.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsMultilingual people with aphasia mixed languages more when aphasia was more severe and when speaking their weaker post-stroke language. Task type did not change mixing, and no one used a language the examiner did not know.
• SLPCohort2019Statistical factors associated with utilisation of ototoxicity monitoring services for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the Western Cape.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMost MDR-TB patients did not attend all scheduled hearing-monitoring visits. Delayed baseline tests and normal hearing were linked to lower uptake. Living closer to the service was not linked to attendance.
• Case-Control2019Newborn vitamin D levels in relation to autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability: A case-control study in california.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchNewborn vitamin D levels showed no overall link to autism. However, girls with higher levels had increased odds of autism and intellectual disability, while boys showed no such association. These sex-specific findings require confirmation in larger studies.
• PTSurvey2019Retrospective survey of sport climbing injuries and self-care in the Gunma prefecture.Journal of physical therapy scienceAmong 113 sport climbers surveyed in Gunma prefecture, finger and wrist injuries were most common; ankle injuries were all sudden onset. Only 25.7% reported cooling down, while 88.5% warmed up.
• SLPOther2019Mobile Media Device Use is Associated with Expressive Language Delay in 18-Month-Old Children.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPEach additional 30-minute increase in daily mobile media device use was associated with parent-reported expressive speech delay in 18-month-olds. No association was seen for other communication delays.
• SLPRCT2019The Effects of Electrical Stimulation Pulse Duration on Lingual Palatal Pressure Measures During Swallowing in Healthy Older Adults.DysphagiaShort-pulse electrical stimulation in healthy older adults lowered peak tongue pressure and tongue pressure area during swallowing compared with no stimulation and long-pulse stimulation. Pressure timing did not change. Participants tolerated higher current with short pulses without more discomfort.
• PTOTCase Report2019Long term at-home treatment with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) improves symptoms of cerebellar ataxia: a case report.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOne patient with progressive cerebellar ataxia completed 59 at-home tDCS sessions alongside cognitive games and prescribed exercise. The report describes faster pegboard and walking tests and less fatigue, but cannot separate tDCS from the other treatments.
• PTRCT2019Effects of repeated waist-pull perturbations on gait stability in subjects with cerebellar ataxia.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAfter a single session of waist-pull perturbations, people with cerebellar ataxia walked with longer steps and better forward stability. Their ability to recover from unexpected pushes did not improve, and they remained wider-stepped than healthy controls.
• PTOTCohort2019Relationships between gait variability and ambulatory activity post stroke.Topics in stroke rehabilitationStroke survivors who showed more variable step timing when walking in a busy lobby took fewer daily steps and had shorter walking bouts. This link was absent when they walked in a quiet hallway, suggesting clinic tests may miss real-world activity predictors.
• SLPOther2019Visual sequential processing and language ability in children who are deaf or hard of hearing.Journal of child languageCompared with 19 hearing peers, 17 children with hearing loss scored lower on visual sequence tasks, especially nameable color tasks. In the hearing loss group, better color sequence learning went with higher receptive vocabulary scores. This was not a treatment study.
• SLPSurvey2019Contributing factors to high prevalence of hearing impairment in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipal area, South Africa: A rural perspective.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsIn rural South Africa, 19.88% had hearing impairment and 8.94% had disabling hearing impairment. Age, female gender and self-reported hypertension were linked; impacted cerumen was common. 31% needed referral, and 68% of those needed diagnostic audiometry.
• PTOTMeta-Analysis2019Sensory retraining of the leg after stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rehabilitationInterventions aimed at leg sensory retraining after stroke improved leg sensation and balance in pooled studies, but gait speed did not improve. The evidence came from small, low-quality trials, so it is not enough to change routine care by itself.
• Narrative Review2019Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma-Informed Care in Rehabilitation Clinical Practice.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationNo original study results are reported. This paper reviews adverse childhood experiences and proposes a trauma-informed care framework for rehabilitation.
• OTCohort2019Sensory over-responsivity: parent report, direct assessment measures, and neural architecture.Molecular autismParent report and direct observation only partly agreed on children's auditory and tactile over-responsivity. Parent report flagged more children with neurodevelopmental disorders. In 39 boys, three brain tracts showed lower integrity in children who were over-responsive to sound.
• PTRCT2019Does severity of motor impairment affect reactive adaptation and fall-risk in chronic stroke survivors?Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn a lab, people with chronic stroke improved reactive balance after repeated slip-like perturbations, with fewer falls and better stability. Those with greater leg impairment adapted at lower perturbation intensity, and gains were still present after 3 weeks.
• OTSurvey2019Insomnia Severity in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder is Associated with sensory Hyper-Reactivity and Social Skill Impairment.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn adults with autism, more insomnia symptoms were linked to greater sensory reactivity, especially visual sensitivity, and poorer social skills.
• PTOTCohort2019Don't forget the trunk in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients: more muscle weakness and compensation than expected.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationBoys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy lean their trunk heavily to move their arms, using nearly all their back muscle strength just to sit. This compensatory trunk movement is essential for daily tasks and should not be restricted by seating or therapy.