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 328 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPOther2019Diagnostic Accuracy of Sentence Recall and Past Tense Measures for Identifying Children's Language Impairments.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRSentence recall and past tense marking can flag early elementary English-speaking children with language impairment, but how well they work depends on how impairment is defined. They may miss children identified only by service receipt or parent concern.
• OTSLPCohort2019The Persistence of Self-injurious and Aggressive Behavior in Males with Fragile X Syndrome Over 8 Years: A Longitudinal Study of Prevalence and Predictive Risk Markers.Journal of autism and developmental disordersSelf-injury and aggression were common in males with fragile X syndrome and often persisted for 8 years. Higher repetitive behavior predicted persistent self-injury, while higher impulsivity predicted persistent aggression.
• PTCase-Control2019Abnormal trunk control determines postural abnormalities in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.NeuroRehabilitationPeople with ALS swayed more when standing quietly and their upper and lower bodies moved differently when the platform tilted. The authors suggest therapy should train trunk control. No treatment was tested.
• PTOther2019Morphological changes of lower leg muscles according to ankle joint position during sitting evaluated by gravity mri in young females.Journal of physical therapy scienceSitting with the ankle plantarflexed or dorsiflexed was associated with uneven changes in lower leg muscle cross-sectional area along each muscle. Some regions were larger while others were smaller, so ankle position did not change the whole muscle uniformly.
• SLPOther2019Estimates of the prevalence of speech and motor speech disorders in persons with complex neurodevelopmental disorders.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsAmong 346 speakers with eight complex neurodevelopmental disorders, 62.7% had a speech and/or motor speech disorder. Motor speech problems, including speech motor delay, dysarthria and apraxia, were common in some groups, but groups varied widely.
• PTOTOther2019What is the impact of user affect on motor learning in virtual environments after stroke? A scoping review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationVirtual reality and active video gaming stroke studies often mention motivation, enjoyment, engagement, immersion, or presence, but only 50 of 155 measured them. No study tested whether these experiences were connected to motor learning, so their impact remains unknown.
• Other2019Reduction of the onset response in kilohertz frequency alternating current nerve block with amplitude ramps from non-zero amplitudes.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSlowly increasing a nerve-blocking current from 50, 75, or 90 percent of the blocking level often avoided a second burst of firing in five anesthetized rats, but starting at 25 percent never did. This is an animal engineering finding, not a patient treatment.
• SLPOther2019Initial studies of the phenotype and persistence of speech motor delay (SMD).Clinical linguistics & phoneticsAmong children with idiopathic speech delay, speech motor delay was associated with lower speech and language scores. In 14 treated children, 3 still met criteria after 9 years; 11 did not before 9. No early speech or demographic variable was associated with persistence.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Sleep problems contribute to post-concussive symptoms in service members with a history of mild traumatic brain injury without posttraumatic stress disorder or major depressive disorder.NeuroRehabilitationIn service members with remote mild TBI, sleep problems were linked to post-concussive symptoms mainly when PTSD or depression was absent. Daytime dysfunction and nighttime disruptions were associated with somatosensory symptoms, not cognitive or balance symptoms.
• SLPCase Report2019Treatment Targets for Co-Occurring Speech-Language Impairment: A Case Study.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsA single kindergarten child with co-occurring speech and language deficits improved untreated sounds after 14 weeks targeting a complex final cluster. Grammar did not improve on tests, so this shows feasibility, not proof it works for other children.
• OTSLPRCT2019Neurocognitive Driving Rehabilitation in Virtual Environments (NeuroDRIVE): A pilot clinical trial for chronic traumatic brain injury.NeuroRehabilitationDriving simulator performance did not improve more than the wait list after NeuroDRIVE. Working memory, visual search, and self-reported physical functioning did improve more in the treated group, in a small chronic TBI pilot.
• PTOTCohort2019The Association of Motor Skills and Adaptive Functioning in XXY/Klinefelter and XXYY Syndromes.Physical & occupational therapy in pediatricsMales with XXY and XXYY syndromes show specific motor weaknesses in manual dexterity and coordination, with XXYY being more severe. Visual motor skills correlate with adaptive functioning, meaning motor deficits likely impact daily living tasks like dressing and handwriting.
• PTCase Report2019Improving vibration perception in a patient with type 2 diabetes and sensory peripheral neuropathy.The South African journal of physiotherapyOne man with type 2 diabetes and foot neuropathy reported better foot sensation and walking stability after a vibrating insole for 20 minutes daily for 35 days. The level of vibration he could feel decreased, but this single case cannot show the insole works.
• OTSLPOther2019More Than IQ: Executive Function Explains Adaptive Behavior Above and Beyond Nonverbal IQ in Youth With Autism and Lower IQ.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesIn 100 youth with autism and lower IQ, parent-reported monitoring of behavior and its effect on others was linked to better communication and, less strongly, socialization after accounting for age and nonverbal IQ. Daily living skills did not show this link.
• PTOther2019The short-term effects of hydrotherapy on pain and self-perceived functional status in individuals living with osteoarthritis of the knee joint.The South African journal of physiotherapyAfter 4 weeks of twice-weekly heated hydrotherapy, 18 adults with knee osteoarthritis reported less pain and better self-perceived function. The study had no control group or follow-up, so the improvement cannot be separated from time or other changes.
• PTOther2019Development and clinical validation of inertial sensor-based gait-clustering methods in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSplitting a Parkinson's gait walk into straight walking, start/stop/turn transitions, and turns helped shoe sensors separate patients with gait or balance impairment from those without, better than using all straight strides together.
• SLPOther2019Estimates of the prevalence of speech and motor speech disorders in adolescents with Down syndrome.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsIn 45 adolescents with Down syndrome whose speech could be classified, nearly all had speech and motor speech disorders. Dysarthria was most common, often with apraxia. Ataxic signs predominated, but mixed dysarthria features were frequent.
• OTCohort2019Anti-Hypertensive Medication Use and Factors Related to Adherence Among Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities49.5% of 1,573 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities had blood pressure prescriptions on hand for at least 80% of days. Supervised living, Medicaid waiver services, and primary care visits were linked with better adherence.
• SLPRCT2019Computerized Speechreading Training for Deaf Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRDeaf children aged 5–7 who completed computerized speechreading training showed no gain on the primary speechreading test compared to a maths control. However, they demonstrated significant improvement in everyday speechreading comprehension three months post-training, though this benefit faded by 11 months.
• PTOther2019Patients' perceptions of recovery following a 6-week exercise intervention for the treatment of patellofemoral pain: A mixed methods study.The South African journal of physiotherapyMost participants with knee pain said function and recovery were better at 6 months after individualised exercise, but half said they were only partially recovered. Goals were return to sport, education and self-management; three reported new pain elsewhere.
• PTOTOther2018Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity, and Reliability of the Patient-Rated Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire for Thai Patients.Occupational therapy internationalThe Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire is now available in Thai and works reliably for hand injury patients. Scores stay consistent over time, and most domains are internally sound. The aesthetics section is less reliable, so interpret those specific scores with caution.
• OTSurvey2018Evidence-Based Practice in Primary Care Occupational Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Sweden.Occupational therapy internationalMost Swedish primary care occupational therapists use guidelines frequently, but few search or read research. Lack of time was the biggest barrier. Feeling able to treat by evidence and easy guideline access went with frequent use.
• OTQualitative2018Through the Looking Glass: Parental Group Experiences Observing Sensory Motor Therapy.Occupational therapy internationalParents who watched their children's sensory motor group therapy behind a one-way mirror described feeling supported, less alone, and better able to copy therapist strategies at home. They valued comparing their child with peers and discussing observations with therapists.
• OTSystematic Review2018Occupational Therapy for Adults with Overweight and Obesity: Mapping Interventions Involving Occupational Therapists.Occupational therapy internationalAdults with overweight or obesity in programmes involving occupational therapists often lost weight: eight of 11 studies reported weight loss. Most programmes were multidisciplinary, so occupational therapy alone cannot be separated.
• PTOTPilot2019Post-tuberculosis health-related quality of life, lung function and exercise capacity in a cured pulmonary tuberculosis population in the Breede Valley District, South Africa.The South African journal of physiotherapyCured pulmonary TB patients reported poor quality of life, walked 294.1 m on average, and 48% had abnormal lung function. Mental health scores were worse than physical health scores.
• PTQualitative2019Opinions of South African physiotherapists on gross anatomy education for physiotherapy students.The South African journal of physiotherapySouth African physiotherapists said gross anatomy education should be clinically relevant, hands-on and emotionally supported. They valued dissection for three-dimensional understanding, disliked large classes and tedious lectures, and prioritised musculoskeletal, spinal cord, nerve, brain, limb and lung content.
• PTOTCohort2019End-point kinematics using virtual reality explaining upper limb impairment and activity capacity in stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationMovement speed and smoothness from a virtual pointing task tracked some upper limb impairment and activity capacity after stroke, but only partly matched standard clinical scores. Use them as added information, not as a replacement.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2019The relation between parent verbal responsiveness and child communication in young children with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents who talk about what their toddler is already looking at are linked to better communication skills. However, teaching parents to do this did not improve the children's language in trials. Direct speech therapy is still needed to help the child.
• SLPOther2019Validating and Applying the CSBS-ITC in Neurogenetic Syndromes.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesIn Angelman, Prader-Willi, and Williams syndromes, raw CSBS-ITC scores can show early social communication profiles and growth over months. Age-based scores often hit the lowest possible level, especially in Angelman. Use raw scores and do not treat this screener as diagnostic.
• SLPOther2019Effect of Audibility and Suprathreshold Deficits on Speech Recognition for Listeners With Unilateral Hearing Loss.Ear and hearingFor people with unilateral hearing loss, the impaired ear needs more speech information than the good ear to understand words, even when sound is loud enough. This gap, caused by processing deficits rather than just volume loss, was estimated at 2.1 dB in signal-to-noise ratio.
• SLPOther2019Measurement and Prediction of Binaural-Temporal Integration of Speech Reflections.Trends in hearingNormal-hearing listeners understood speech better when a delayed echo was louder or gave both ears a useful timing cue. A model that only counted early sounds missed these cases.
• SLPOther2019Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Devices: Capabilities, Costs, and Cosmetics.Trends in hearingMost UK online hearing devices tested matched standard gain targets less accurately than a common NHS hearing aid, had potential for uncomfortably loud sounds, and were rated unappealing. A few expensive devices were closer, but still rated less attractive.
• OTSurvey2019Mood Disorders in High-Functioning Autism: The Importance of Alexithymia and Emotional Regulation.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn adults with autism, autistic symptoms were not directly linked to depression, but were linked to depression and anxiety through difficulty identifying emotions and poorer emotion regulation. This is association, not proof of treatment.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Neurosensory stimulation outdoors enhances cognition recovery in cognitive motor dissociation: A prospective crossover study.NeuroRehabilitationWithin the same individually chosen therapy, outdoor sessions had more voluntary behaviors than indoor sessions on seven items, mainly auditory, visual, motor and swallowing. Communication and attention did not differ. The outdoor setting cannot be separated from the therapy.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Loss in services precedes high school exit for teens with autism spectrum disorder: A longitudinal study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSpeech therapy and occupational therapy declined before and at high school exit for young people with autism. Unmet needs rose at exit. Physical therapy changed little, and service loss differed by intellectual disability status.
• PTRCT2019Time-dependent tuning of balance control and aftereffects following optical flow perturbation training in older adults.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 13 older adults, 10 minutes of treadmill walking with virtual hallway sideways visual disturbances initially made steps wider, shorter, and legs stiffer. Over time, step size and stiffness returned toward normal, and after stopping they took longer, narrower steps with less leg stiffness.
• PTRCT2019The effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for frozen shoulder in patients with diabetes: randomized control trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceFor type 2 diabetic frozen shoulder, shockwave therapy plus mobilization and exercises gave more pain relief at 4 weeks than ultrasound, hot packs, mobilization and exercises. Disability, motion and 12-week outcomes were similar, and both groups improved.
• PTCohort2019Validity and feasibility of the self-report EQ-5D-Y as a generic Health-Related Quality of Life outcome measure in children and adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Western Cape, South Africa.The South African journal of physiotherapyIn 64 children with JIA, the short EQ-5D-Y self-report took just over 1 minute, had no missing answers, and often matched disease-specific measures, especially pain and mobility. It may be a quick screen, but did not fully match all measures.
• PTOTRCT2019Combining Fluoxetine and rTMS in Poststroke Motor Recovery: A Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized Phase 2 Clinical Trial.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairCombining low-frequency rTMS with fluoxetine improved hand function speed significantly more than either fluoxetine or placebo alone. However, the fluoxetine-only group actually performed worse than the placebo group. The benefit likely came from rTMS overcoming potential negative effects of the drug, not from synergy.
• PTOTSLPOther2019Comparison of foot kinetics and kinematics during gait initiation between young and elderly participants.Journal of physical therapy scienceElderly participants walked slower with shorter strides and showed significantly lower foot joint movement, moment, and power during gait initiation compared to young participants. The reduction in mechanical output was most pronounced in the toe and midfoot joints.
• PTRCT2019Long-term use of implanted peroneal functional electrical stimulation for stroke-affected gait: the effects on muscle and motor nerve.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOne year of implanted peroneal FES made the stroke-affected ankle-lifting muscle thicker and less abnormal on ultrasound. It did not improve walking, daily steps, or nerve and brain measures.
• PTRCT2019Versatile guideline-based physiotherapy intervention in groups to improve gait speed in Parkinson's disease patients.NeuroRehabilitationTwelve people with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease who joined guideline-based group physiotherapy improved walking speed from 1.0 to 1.3 m/s over 10 weeks, while twelve controls changed from 0.9 to 1.0 m/s.
• OTOther2019Egocentric video: a new tool for capturing hand use of individuals with spinal cord injury at home.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA head-mounted video system detected hand-object interactions in nine people with cervical spinal cord injury. Its interaction counts and durations tracked human observer labels moderately well, but it was tested in a simulated lab, not real homes.
• SLPPilot2019Using Virtual Reality Environments to Augment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fears and Phobias in Autistic Adults.Autism in adulthoodFive of eight autistic adults improved their ability to handle specific phobias after four virtual reality sessions. Three did not improve. Standardized anxiety questionnaires showed no consistent change, so the benefit was seen only in real-life functional outcomes rated by experts.
• OTOther2019Reliability of Informant-Report Measures of Executive Functioning in Children With Down Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesMany school-age children with Down syndrome were rated by parents and teachers as having clinically concerning executive functioning, especially working memory and monitoring. Their ratings did not agree strongly, so home and school views are both useful.
• SLPOther2019Speech Auditory Brainstem Responses in Adult Hearing Aid Users: Effects of Aiding and Background Noise, and Prediction of Behavioral Measures.Trends in hearingA speech brainstem test did not tell how well adults understood speech in noise or rated hearing in daily life, even though hearing aids made some responses earlier and larger.
• SLPOther2019Measuring Speech Recognition With a Matrix Test Using Synthetic Speech.Trends in hearingSynthetic female speech gave a 0.5 dB SNR worse threshold for 50% correct speech recognition than natural female speech in 48 normal-hearing listeners, and the steepness of scores was similar.
• OTCohort2018Prediction of changes in functional ability of inpatients with schizophrenia using logarithmic and linear regression modelling.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTFor inpatients with schizophrenia, functional ability ratings by occupational therapists at therapy start and one month predicted discharge scores better with a curved recovery model than with a straight line.
• OTSurvey2018Facilitators and Barriers of Assistive Technology and Learning Environment for Children with Special Needs.Occupational therapy internationalStudents with different disabilities saw the same assistive technology and school environment as help or barrier. Wheelchairs were seen as helpful for students with physical disability, while slopes were seen as barriers for students with visual disability. Check each child's needs before choosing equipment.
• SLPOther2019Are Fenestrated Tracheostomy Tubes Still Valuable?American journal of speech-language pathologyFenestrated tracheostomy tubes were used for speech in this small chart review, but airway complications were also frequent. The review cannot show that the tube caused either benefit or harm.