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 326 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTRCT2019Gum chewing while walking increases fat oxidation and energy expenditure.Journal of physical therapy scienceWalking while chewing gum increased fat burning and energy use compared with walking while eating a similar tablet. The study was small and in healthy adults, so it does not show gum chewing prevents weight gain.
• PTCohort2019Factors associated with functional rehabilitation outcomes of non-operative treatment for hip fractures: a retrospective study.Journal of physical therapy scienceAmong 57 older adults with hip fractures treated without surgery, higher albumin and better cognitive scores were linked to greater function at discharge. Age and timing of sitting or transfers were not.
• OTRCT2019An augmented reality approach for ADL support in Alzheimer's disease: a crossover trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe augmented reality headset did not improve tea-making success: all patients succeeded without it and three failed with it, a difference not significant. Average time was 77.14s without it and 111.29s with it, and 60% called it bulky.
• SLPOther2019Perceptual sensitivity to, and electrophysiological encoding of, a complex periodic signal: effects of age.International journal of audiologyOlder adults with normal hearing had poorer processing of timing patterns in sounds: less benefit from modulated noise, weaker brainstem response to a speech sound, and poorer detection of mistuned harmonics. The measures did not track together within older adults.
• PTOTSLPRCT2019Walking to your right music: a randomized controlled trial on the novel use of treadmill plus music in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdding rhythmic music to treadmill training improved gait quality, balance, and walking function more than treadmill training alone in people with Parkinson's. Both groups improved, but the music group showed greater gains in the primary gait assessment.
• PTQualitative2019Stroke Survivors' Perspectives on Post-Acute Rehabilitation Options, Goals, Satisfaction, and Transition to Home.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTMost of 18 stroke survivors said they were not involved in choosing their post-acute rehab facility. They wanted clearer information about insurance, services, and goals, but many still rated their rehabilitation experience positively.
• OTQualitative2019"Moving on" through the locked ward system for women with intellectual disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDWomen and staff described moving on as proving behaviour change, not pursuing personal goals. Trust, gradual control and shared goals were described by some as helping, while accepting aggression and compliance were expected.
• PTSurvey2019Relationship between foot morphology and toe muscle strength in female university students.Journal of physical therapy scienceAmong young women, toe grip and big toe muscle strength did not differ between groups classified by hallux valgus angle. Feet with hallux valgus had lower arch height and more foot or toe pain. High heel use and BMI did not differ.
• PTOther2019Intra-rater reliability of arch height ratio measurement using the navicular tuberosity on the surface of the body in children with Down syndrome.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 27 children with Down syndrome, one examiner repeated surface foot measurements three times and obtained very similar arch height ratio values. The method appears repeatable, but it has not been compared with X-rays or tested across different clinicians.
• PTOTCohort2019Differential Poststroke Motor Recovery in an Arm Versus Hand Muscle in the Absence of Motor Evoked Potentials.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairAfter stroke, absent motor-evoked potentials did not always prevent elbow flexor contraction or strength recovery, but finger muscle contraction, strength, and standardized arm-hand movement scores remained impaired.
• PTOTCohort2019Physical fitness is predictive for 5-year survival in older adults with intellectual disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDBetter fitness predicted lower 5-year mortality risk in older adults with intellectual disabilities. Manual dexterity, visual reaction time, balance, walking speed, grip strength and cardiorespiratory fitness were associated with survival.
• SLPPilot2019The piloting of a specific support programme for Grade R teachers on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The process of development.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsGrade R teachers reported feeling more confident identifying and managing ADHD after a two-workshop programme. They valued the manual but asked for continuous training and more interactive practice. This pilot shows teachers want this support, but does not prove the training improved learner outcomes.
• PTSystematic Review2019The effectiveness of Schroth exercises in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The South African journal of physiotherapySupervised Schroth exercises reduced spinal curvature (Cobb angle) and improved quality of life versus observation, bracing or Pilates in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. The evidence came from four small trials, so confidence in the benefit is limited.
• SLPCohort2019Student-teacher relationships of children with autism spectrum disorder: Distinct contributions of language domains.Research in developmental disabilitiesFor children with autism, pragmatic language skills predicted how close teachers felt to them at the start of the school year, but semantic and syntactic skills did not. Teacher experience and classroom placement also influenced closeness. No language domain predicted changes in relationship quality over the year.
• SLPOther2019Analyzing the Time Course of Pupillometric Data.Trends in hearingPupil size over time can show false effects if the analysis ignores each trial's individual pattern. For speech research, check that the analysis followed the real pupil curves before trusting a result.
• PTOther2019Rapid energy expenditure estimation for ankle assisted and inclined loaded walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationLab models using lower-limb muscle and foot-force signals estimated walking energy cost more closely for conditions similar to the training data than for new subjects, and ranked effort better across loads and inclines than across exoskeleton assistance settings. They are not yet clinical tools.
• PTCase Report2019Association between changes in subcutaneous fat mass and heart failure-induced cachexia: a case report.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn one 91-year-old woman with heart failure cachexia, ultrasound tracking of thigh fat mirrored weight loss and gain. Standard physical therapy, low-intensity exercise, and nutrition guidance coincided with recovery, but the effect of any single component cannot be separated.
• SLPCase-Control2019Maternal diabetes and hypertensive disorders in association with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMaternal diabetes was not associated with autism, while maternal hypertensive disorders were associated with autism and developmental delay in 2,564 mother-child pairs. This is an association, not proof of cause.
• PTOTCohort2019People With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Have Low Physical Fitness and Can Be Predisposed to Inactive and Sedentary Lifestyles.Physical therapyPatients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage had low fitness one year after onset. Those who were more physically active had higher oxygen uptake and leg strength. Patients treated with surgical clipping had significantly lower fitness than those treated with coiling.
• OTProtocol2019A Pilot Study of the ¡Vivir Mi Vida! Lifestyle Intervention for Rural-Dwelling, Late-Midlife Latinos: Study Design and Protocol.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthNo outcomes are reported. This paper is a protocol for a pilot intervention.
• SLPOther2019Linguistic markers of autism in girls: evidence of a "blended phenotype" during storytelling.Molecular autismVerbal autistic children used more nouns during storytelling. Verbal autistic girls used more thinking words than verbal autistic boys, and were similar to typical peers.
• OTCase-Control2019Emotional Arousal During Social Stress in Young Adults With Autism: Insights From Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability and Self-Report.Journal of autism and developmental disordersDuring a stressful webcam talk, heart rate rose similarly in students with autism and typically developing students, but students with autism showed less change in heart rhythm variability. Their self-reported emotions did not differ.
• PTRCT2019Distal versus proximal - an investigation on different supportive strategies by robots for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOn the main arm function score, EMG-driven robot, electrical stimulation, and task practice supporting fingers or wrist-elbow did not differ, though both improved upper limb function. Finger support had lower wrist and finger spasticity scores than sleeve support.
• SLPCase Series2019The emergence of clause construction in children who use speech generating devices.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)Four children using speech generating devices produced longer, more complex clauses over 10 months. They first used simple subject-verb-object clauses, then added pronouns, inflections, articles and prepositions. More adult-supported turns were associated with more grammatical clauses.
• PTOther2019Innervation zone distribution of the biceps brachii muscle examined using voluntary and electrically-evoked high-density surface EMG.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationElectrical pulses found the same nerve entry spots in the biceps across intensities, while voluntary contraction shifted them toward the shoulder as force increased. Low voluntary effort matched electrical pulses.
• Other2019Scn2a haploinsufficient mice display a spectrum of phenotypes affecting anxiety, sociability, memory flexibility and ampakine CX516 rescues their hyperactivity.Molecular autismMice with reduced function of a sodium-channel gene were hyperactive, showed mixed signs of anxiety-like behavior, and had impaired fear-memory extinction. A drug that boosts AMPA receptors reduced their hyperactivity. This is mouse work, not evidence for human therapy.
• PTQualitative2019Community-based primary healthcare training for physiotherapy: Students' perceptions of a learning platform.The South African journal of physiotherapyFinal year physiotherapy students valued community-based placements for respect, language growth, advocacy and independent learning. They also reported poor infrastructure, limited supervision, transport problems and curriculum gaps.
• SLPOther2019A Competing Voices Test for Hearing-Impaired Listeners Applied to Spatial Separation and Ideal Time-Frequency Masks.Trends in hearingIn 14 older hearing-impaired adults, a competing voices test with a text cue scored about 59% when talkers were mixed and about 85% when separated to the two ears. The two ideal masks matched this.
• Other2019Comparison of vibrotactile and joint-torque feedback in a myoelectric upper-limb prosthesis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationVibration and joint-torque feedback both improved stiffness discrimination over no feedback in able-bodied users. Neither modality outperformed the other. Results cannot be generalised to amputees or clinical prostheses.
• SLPOther2019A Comparison of Behavioral Methods for Indexing the Auditory Processing of Temporal Fine Structure Cues.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRIn young adults with normal hearing, one-ear frequency modulation detection was the most practical monaural temporal fine structure test. Gap detection was least stable. The fine structure scores did not line up with speech-in-noise scores.
• SLPOther2019Perceptual Effects of Adjusting Hearing-Aid Gain by Means of a Machine-Learning Approach Based on Individual User Preference.Trends in hearingMachine-learning adjustment of hearing-aid gain significantly improved Basic Audio Quality ratings. It helped Listening Comfort only in traffic noise without speech, and showed no benefit for Speech Clarity. Individual preferences varied widely, with some users experiencing disadvantages.
• PTRCT2019Fast and automatic assessment of fall risk by coupling machine learning algorithms with a depth camera to monitor simple balance tasks.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationStanding with eyes closed on a foam pad or in a narrow stance let a depth camera and algorithm separate older adults into higher and lower fall-risk groups. It did not test actual falls, so use it as a screening aid, not proof.
• OTCohort2019Sleep determines quality of life in autistic adults: A longitudinal study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSleep problems that interfere with daily functioning were the strongest predictor of later subjective quality of life in autistic adults. For daily activity levels, feeling unable to contribute to society and psychological comorbidities were the key predictors.
• PTCohort2019Long-term outcomes of semi-implantable functional electrical stimulation for central drop foot.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationWith semi-implantable peroneal stimulation on, patients with central drop foot walked faster than with stimulation off. Quality of life improved by 3 months and remained above baseline at 1 year. Changes in comfortable walking speed went with changes in quality of life.
• PTOTSystematic Review2019Hand therapy interventions, outcomes, and diagnoses evaluated over the last 10 years: A mapping review linking research to practice.Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand TherapistsAcross 191 hand therapy articles, evidence concentrated on carpal tunnel, osteoarthritis, tendon surgeries, exercise, orthotics, education, and body function/physiology outcomes. Few studies covered amputation, hand transplants, traumas, activity-based interventions, or function/performance and quality-of-care outcomes.
• PTCohort2019Perceived Instability Is Associated With Strength and Pain, Not Frontal Knee Laxity, in Patients With Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyIn patients scheduled for TKA, perceived instability was linked to weaker knee extensors and more pain, not frontal knee laxity. This does not show that strength training reduces giving way.
• SLPOther2019Sound Localization in Real-Time Vocoded Cochlear-Implant Simulations With Normal-Hearing Listeners.Trends in hearingSimulating cochlear implants in normal-hearing listeners worsened sound localization. Bilateral simulation made listeners point to fixed left or right spots, nearly abolished elevation, and slowed responses. Unilateral simulation still impaired the normal-hearing side.
• SLPSurvey2019Psychometric Validation of the Autism Impact Measure (AIM).Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregiver reports on the AIM separated children with ASD by expected severity, including verbal versus non-verbal. It was not tested after therapy, so use it as a symptom questionnaire, not proof an intervention worked.
• SLPOther2019The role of gender in the perception of autism symptom severity and future behavioral development.Molecular autismLaypeople rating written cases did not find girls’ autism-related behaviors less worrying or less likely to need advice. They did predict boys would be seen as more atypical by peers at age 15.
• OTOther2019Efficacy of a radial-based thumb metacarpophalangeal-stabilizing orthosis for protecting the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint ulnar collateral ligament.Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand TherapistsIn ten cadaveric hands, a low-profile thumb orthosis that leaves the thumb tip and base free reduced thumb joint opening under sideways loads up to 100 N. It does not prove earlier safe return to sport.
• SLPOther2019Communicative Strengths in Severe Aphasia: The Famous People Protocol and Its Value in Planning Treatment.American journal of speech-language pathologyThe Famous People Protocol helps therapists spot communication strategies people with severe aphasia can actually use, like gesturing or singing, instead of just failing to name. It is not a standardized test, but a clinical tool to plan treatment based on preserved strengths.
• PTCohort2019Dynamic stability during walking in children with and without cerebral palsy.Gait & postureHigh-functioning children with CP did not show less anterior stability than controls during walking. They showed more lateral stability on the non-dominant limb, but this may not protect them from trips.
• SLPOther2019Social Cognition in Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Co-twin Control Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic participants were worse at inferring characters' thoughts and feelings in a social movie than typically developing peers, and also overinterpreted or underinterpreted social cues. These links held within twin pairs, including identical twins.
• PTOTOther2019Trading Symmetry for Energy Cost During Walking in Healthy Adults and Persons Poststroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPeople walk asymmetrically if it saves energy. Stroke survivors changed gait symmetry when a controller made new patterns less costly, but they did not spontaneously prefer symmetric walking. This suggests rehabilitation must make desired movements energetically beneficial to be adopted.
• SLPOther2019Comparing Rapid and Traditional Forward-Masked Spatial Tuning Curves in Cochlear-Implant Users.Trends in hearingIn cochlear-implant users, a faster tuning-curve test produced similar shapes but was less reliable than the traditional method and still too slow for routine mapping.
• Other2019A novel system for introducing precisely-controlled, unanticipated gait perturbations for the study of stumble recovery.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationObstacle trips can be delivered on a lab treadmill without healthy subjects sensing them, and the system records how both legs recover from stumbles. It is a research tool, not a treatment shown to prevent falls.
• OTOther2019A 'choice', an 'addiction', a way 'out of the lost': exploring self-injury in autistic people without intellectual disability.Molecular autismAmong 103 autistic adults without intellectual disability, depression, anxiety, difficulty identifying emotions and sensory sensitivity were linked to whether people currently or formerly self-injured. Many described self-injury as coping or emotional regulation. The study did not test whether treating these factors helps.
• PTRCT2019Development of a training paradigm for voluntary control of the peri-auricular muscles: a feasibility study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSix of ten non-disabled adults who finished the protocol learned to move their ears and control all three games. Four did not. Without a control group, this is feasibility, not proof of effectiveness.
• PTOther2019Tracking the evolution of virtual reality applications to rehabilitation as a field of study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationVirtual reality rehabilitation is not one established field. It is many disciplines using the same technology, with inconsistent terms and little sharing of results between physical and psychological work. Do not assume evidence transfers across conditions.
• Other2019Do Student Characteristics Affect Teachers' Decisions to Use 1:1 Instruction?Journal of autism and developmental disordersTeachers reported giving more one-to-one instruction to students with more sensory and self-regulation difficulties, lower verbal skills, and less social approach. They did not give more to students by age, sex, or race.