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 332 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• Other2019Erroneous inference based on a lack of preference within one group: Autism, mice, and the social approach task.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchA common statistical shortcut in mouse autism studies can falsely label a mutant group as socially impaired. Directly comparing groups with a social preference score kept the false positive rate at 5% in simulations.
• OTCohort2019Differences in continence rates in individuals with spina bifida based on ethnicity.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineChildren and young adults with spina bifida who were Hispanic/Latino had lower bowel and bladder continence rates than non-Hispanic/non-Latino peers. After considering other factors, only bowel continence remained lower.
• SLPOther2019Hearing Difficulties and Tinnitus in Construction, Agricultural, Music, and Finance Industries: Contributions of Demographic, Health, and Lifestyle Factors.Trends in hearingConstruction and farm workers had more difficulty hearing speech in noise than finance workers. Tinnitus differences by industry were associated with noise exposure and age, not the industry itself.
• PTOther2019Mobility assessment in people with Alzheimer disease using smartphone sensors.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA smartphone sensor mobility test found people with mild or moderate Alzheimer disease took longer, produced less power standing and turning, and had slower single-task reaction time than controls. Adding a story mainly increased standing sway.
• SLPOther2019Perception of Auditory Distance in Normal-Hearing and Moderate-to-Profound Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingAdding early reflections to hearing aid remote microphone systems made speech sound externalized in over 90% of tests. Hearing aids with compression did not harm distance perception, and optimizing audibility mattered more than preserving spatial cues.
• PTOther2019Disentangling stability and flexibility degrees in Parkinson's disease using a computational postural control model.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationParkinson's patients improved balance scores after a multi-component training program. A sway model suggested training increased corrective ankle control on foam and sway amplitude scaling on firm ground, but the program's parts cannot be separated.
• PTOther2019Improvements in skilled walking associated with kinematic adaptations in people with spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFollowing Lokomat-based treadmill training in 8 people with motor-incomplete spinal cord injury, changes in how the weaker hip and ankle moved together and less knee range of motion were linked to better obstacle and stair walking. They were not linked to faster 10-metre walking.
• PTOTCase Report2019Myoelectric signal from below the level of spinal cord injury as a command source for an implanted upper extremity neuroprosthesis - a case report.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn a person with C6 spinal cord injury, an electrical signal from a foot muscle below the injury controlled an implanted hand grasp device. On a grasp-release object test, success matched his usual shoulder control, but this was a single case.
• SLPOther2019Mechanisms of voice control related to prosody in autism spectrum disorder and first-degree relatives.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchPeople with autism made larger voice corrections when their feedback pitch was shifted down or up. Parents, especially those with autism-like social traits, showed similar patterns. Their voice feedback responses were atypical and related to prosody differences.
• SLPCase Series2019Electroencephalography in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech.AphasiologyEEG was normal in patients with primary progressive apraxia of speech without aphasia, but showed theta slowing in those with aphasia. In nonfluent/agrammatic progressive aphasia, slowing was also seen except in one patient with excess beta activity.
• PTCase Series2019Tarsal fusion for pes equinovarus deformity improves gait capacity in chronic stroke patients.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationBarefoot walking speed improved after surgery for stroke foot deformity. Tarsal fusion was combined with tendon, toe, and foot bone procedures in many patients, so the fusion alone cannot be credited.
• OTOther2019Reliability and validity of the Chinese (Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong version) of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand on patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in Hong Kong.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTFor Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking patients with upper-limb problems, the Chinese DASH measured disability and work consistently and related to quality of life. The sports/performing arts module was less clear.
• PTOther2019Examination of the intrarater reliability of ultrasound measurements of the thickness of the lumbar and lateral abdominal muscles in the prone position.Journal of physical therapy scienceUltrasound muscle thickness measured in prone position was stable for back muscles in 10 healthy adult males, but side abdominal muscles varied more between days. Small changes may not be real.
• PTOther2019Kinetic analysis of tandem gait on a sine-wave-shaped walkway.Journal of physical therapy scienceHealthy adults showed biceps femoris and semitendinosus activity patterns linked to knee rotation direction during loaded knee rotation and sine-wave tandem gait, suggesting lower-leg rotation control may affect change-of-direction tasks.
• Other2019Generalizability and reproducibility of functional connectivity in autism.Molecular autismNo functional connectivity method was reproducible across autism research sites. Large combined autism-control samples showed widespread decreased connectivity in autism, but site-specific results varied and the replication sample did not show the same findings.
• OTOther2019Development and reliability of the Korean version of the Feeding Abilities Assessment.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTA Korean feeding assessment for people with dementia was adapted to local meals and gave similar scores when 20 nursing-home residents were reassessed after one week and 12 were rated by two therapists. Lower scores mean more independent eating.
• SLPOther2019Comparing Three Established Methods for Tinnitus Pitch Matching With Respect to Reliability, Matching Duration, and Subjective Satisfaction.Trends in hearingNo tinnitus pitch-matching method was best on every measure. Forced-choice matching varied most and was rated least satisfying. Likeness rating was steady but slowest, and tone adjustment may bias matched pitch lower.
• OTQualitative2019A cognitive occupation-based programme for people with multiple sclerosis: A new occupational therapy cognitive rehabilitation intervention.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTPeople with MS and occupational therapists liked a proposed group programme for MS cognition, calling it a good fit. They said start it soon after diagnosis, but distance, caseloads and small group numbers could block delivery.
• PTOTSurvey2019Low Back Pain and Associated Factors among Primary School Teachers in Mekele City, North Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Occupational therapy internationalLow back pain was reported by 74.8% of primary school teachers in Mekele. Sleep disturbance and prolonged standing were linked to higher reports of pain, but this was not a test of treatment.
• Other2019CYFIP1 overexpression increases fear response in mice but does not affect social or repetitive behavioral phenotypes.Molecular autismOverexpressing the CYFIP1 gene in mice did not cause social deficits or repetitive behaviors, the core symptoms of autism. However, the mice showed heightened fear responses and subtle learning difficulties. This suggests CYFIP1 alone does not drive core autistic traits but may influence anxiety and memory.
• SLPOther2019High-Frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss Alters Cue-Weighting Strategies for Discriminating Stop Consonants in Noise.Trends in hearingAdults with high-frequency hearing loss relied less on high-frequency speech cues than normal-hearing listeners, even with simulated hearing aids. They leaned more on low-frequency cues. This fits persistent consonant-in-noise difficulty despite amplification.
• SLPOther2019Effects of Acquired Aphasia on the Recognition of Speech Under Energetic and Informational Masking Conditions.Trends in hearingPeople with aphasia did worse than age-matched controls at picking out target words from two competing talkers. Their quiet comprehension and hearing profiles were similar, so the difficulty was tied to competing speech.
• SLPOther2019Discrimination of Gain Increments in Speech.Trends in hearingSmall overall gain changes to speech can be noticed, but frequency-specific changes are much harder to hear. Patients may not notice small hearing-aid fine-tuning changes, especially at high frequencies. This is not evidence that changes improve outcomes.
• PTSurvey2019Injuries associated with Japanese high-school men's volleyball: a two-year survey and analysis.Journal of physical therapy scienceHigh school male volleyball players had 68 injuries over two years. For every 1,000 hours of training or match play, there were 1.51 injuries. Ankle injuries were most common. Gradual-onset disorders were more frequent in training, and sudden trauma was more frequent during matches.
• PTCase Report2019The effect of white matter integrity on functional outcome in central pontine demyelination.Journal of physical therapy scienceTwo patients with central pontine demyelination showed preserved corticospinal tract integrity and discontinuous corticoreticular pathways on MRI. This pattern matched their clinical recovery: hand function returned fully while lower limb ataxia persisted.
• OTQualitative2019Work environment investments: Critical elements for success in optimizing occupational health and safety effects.Work (Reading, Mass.)Swedish workplaces that invested in safety equipment often skipped risk assessment, staff input, training, and evaluation. Investments alone did not ensure safer work, and many processes were unstructured.
• SLPOther2019Delayed M50/M100 evoked response component latency in minimally verbal/nonverbal children who have autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismChildren with autism who have few or no words showed delayed brain responses to simple tones compared to typically developing peers. The delay was linked to poorer communication skills, suggesting these neural measures could help track language ability.
• PTOther2019Effect of two load escalation methods using a supine ergometer on the cardiorespiratory system and lower limb muscle activity.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 20 healthy men, raising supine ergometer pedal speed increased oxygen uptake and heart rate more than raising pedal weight, while perceived effort was similar or lower. This is a lab comparison, not evidence for dialysis patients.
• PTOther2019Effects of different oral instructions on kinematic and kinetic parameters during drop vertical jump.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 20 healthy women, telling them to 'jump quickly' during a drop vertical jump shortened landing time, raised peak landing force, and increased inward knee angle compared with 'jump high'. Instructions change what the test shows.
• SLPOther2019Pupillometry as an Objective Measure of Sustained Attention in Young and Older Listeners.Trends in hearingPupil size tracked listening effort during tone-stream tasks in young and older adults. In older adults, pupil changes were smaller and slower, and did not line up with individual performance.
• RCT2019Mechanisms underlying the EEG biomarker in Dup15q syndrome.Molecular autismChildren with Dup15q syndrome had higher beta-band EEG power than typically developing children, and midazolam produced a similar beta rise in adults. Two children with paternal Dup15q also showed the pattern.
• PTPilot2019Relearning functional and symmetric walking after stroke using a wearable device: a feasibility study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationSix people with chronic stroke who wore a passive shoe that moves the unaffected foot backward during walking all showed better step length symmetry and faster walking after 12 sessions. No control group, so this is feasibility, not proof.
• OTCase-Control2019Enhancing general spatial skills of young visually impaired people with a programmable distance discrimination training: a case control study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFour weeks of one-hour weekly distance discrimination training on a tactile display improved spatial skills in blind children. The training transferred to untrained tasks like size discrimination and shape memory. Severely visually impaired children also improved, but the transfer effects were less clear in this group.
• PTOTCohort2019Disease Activity, Occupational Participation, and Quality of Life for Individuals with and without Severe Fatigue in Ankylosing Spondylitis.Occupational therapy internationalMost people with ankylosing spondylitis reported significant fatigue, which was linked to higher pain and lower quality of life. They managed it by pacing activities and modifying work, but said they received little guidance from clinicians on how to handle this symptom.
• SLPOther2019A Set of Time-and-Frequency-Localized Short-Duration Speech-Like Stimuli for Assessing Hearing-Aid Performance via Cortical Auditory-Evoked Potentials.Trends in hearingNew short synthetic sounds that mimic speech frequencies produced detectable cortical responses in two adults and were mostly preserved by four hearing aids. They are not yet tested for checking hearing-aid fitting in patients.
• PTOther2019Femoral venous flow velocity during passive ankle exercise in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.Journal of physical therapy sciencePassive ankle exercise increased blood flow speed in the femoral vein in both chronic spinal cord injury and able-bodied groups. Speed stayed lower with spinal cord injury. The study measured flow speed, not clot prevention.
• PTOther2019Three distinct physical behavior types in fatigued patients with multiple sclerosis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFatigued MS patients with similar fatigue scores fell into different daily activity profiles. One was mostly sedentary, one was less sedentary in the afternoon, and one was most active. Fatigue scores were similar across the profiles.
• OTRCT2019Impact of game mode in multi-user serious games for upper limb rehabilitation: a within-person randomized trial on engagement and social involvement.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationEngagement did not differ across competitive, co-active, and collaborative game modes. In collaborative play, healthy older adults reported more empathy and more involvement with their partner than in the other modes.
• Cohort2019Integrated genetic and methylomic analyses identify shared biology between autism and autistic traits.Molecular autismCord blood methylation did not predict later autistic traits in 701 children. However, genetic variants linked to autism were enriched in DNA regions associated with these traits, suggesting shared biology that requires further replication.
• SLPCase-Control2019Visual attention to faces in children with autism spectrum disorder: are there sex differences?Molecular autismBoys with autism looked less at faces than boys without autism in both play scenes. Girls with autism looked less than girls without autism only when children interacted, and more than boys with autism when they played side by side.
• PTRCT2019Feedback protocol of 'fading knowledge of results' is effective for prolonging motor learning retention.Journal of physical therapy scienceNo feedback schedule was better than another in healthy adults learning a shoulder force task. Faded and 50% feedback improved accuracy after practice, while 100% feedback did not, so fading is not proven superior.
• PTOTSystematic Review2019A systematic review on self-management education campaigns for back pain.The South African journal of physiotherapyMass media campaigns telling people to stay active for back pain improved public beliefs and reduced healthcare use in five high-income countries. The message that rest is unnecessary shifted attitudes and lowered claims, offering a model for community education even if long-term clinical outcomes varied.
• SLPOther2019Swept-Tone Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions in Human Newborns.Trends in hearingSwept-tone SFOAEs were recorded in 83% of newborn ears. The emission pattern looked adult-like. Poor probe fit likely caused many absent responses.
• OTOther2019Selecting slip resistant winter footwear for personal support workers.Work (Reading, Mass.)Most winter footwear personal support workers could buy had poor slip resistance on ice. Only six of 40 models met the 7° test threshold, and four of those cost more than most workers wanted to spend.
• OTSurvey2019Children with Tourette Syndrome in the United States: Parent-Reported Diagnosis, Co-Occurring Disorders, Severity, and Influence of Activities on Tics.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPParents of 115 children with Tourette syndrome reported that 82.3% noticed tics by age 8, 50.4%, or half, saw three or more providers before diagnosis, and 84.6%, or most children, had at least one other mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.
• SLPCohort2019Impact of on-site clinical genetics consultations on diagnostic rate in children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismOn-site genetics visits found previously undiagnosed genetic conditions in 71 of 502 children and young adults with autism. Gene sequencing added diagnoses in 33 of 141 patients without a harmful chromosome change.
• PTOther2019Factors influencing ergonomists' use of observation-based risk-assessment tools.Work (Reading, Mass.)Swedish occupational health ergonomists, mostly physiotherapists, often assessed workplace risks reactively after injuries and relied on experience. Few research-based observation tools were used, and interventions were rarely evaluated.
• PTSurvey2019Knowledge and practice of informed consent by physiotherapists and therapy assistants in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.The South African journal of physiotherapyPhysiotherapists in South Africa often skip assessing patient competence and rarely document consent. Most rely on verbal agreement, explaining benefits but not allowing treatment choices. Over half do not know the legal age for consent is 12. Language and workload are the biggest barriers to proper informed consent.
• OTSLPSurvey2019Neuropsychiatric phenotypes and a distinct constellation of ASD features in 3q29 deletion syndrome: results from the 3q29 registry.Molecular autismHigh autism symptom scores were common in 3q29 deletion, including people without an autism diagnosis. Females had a 34-fold increased autism risk. Repetitive behaviours were most severe, while interest in social interaction was less impaired.
• PTOTRCT2020Effects of Community-Based Exercise in Adults With Severe Burns: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationAdding 12 weeks of a community program with gym membership, personal trainer sessions, and prescribed exercise to standard care improved cardiopulmonary fitness in 45 adults with severe burns. It did not show greater gains in lean body mass or muscle strength.