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 342 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPNarrative Review2020Development of Excised Larynx.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationThis review summarizes how excised larynx models clarify voice mechanics. It reports that freezing causes 5% geometric distortion. It notes that vocal fold disorders raise the minimum power needed for phonation. These findings explain laboratory mechanisms but do not prove clinical treatment effects.
• SLPPilot2020Web-Based Perceived Present Control Intervention for Voice Disorders: A Pilot Study.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationSelf-reported voice handicap scores went down after twenty adults used a three-week web program about what they could control now. The study had no control group, so the program cannot be credited alone.
• OTCohort2020Interrelationships Between Post-TBI Employment and Substance Abuse: A Cross-lagged Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationAfter moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury, adults employed one year after injury were more likely to report substance abuse at two years. This is an association, not proof employment caused it.
• OTRCT2020Employment in Personality Disorders and the Effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support: Outcomes from a Secondary Data Analysis.Journal of occupational rehabilitationIndividual Placement and Support did not work significantly less well for participants with personality disorders than for those with other severe mental illnesses. However, employment rates were numerically lower in the personality disorder group, and the study was too small to rule out a real difference.
• SLPCohort2020Screening for autism spectrum disorder in a naturalistic home setting using the systematic observation of red flags (SORF) at 18-24 months.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchThe Systematic Observation of Red Flags (SORF) screening tool accurately identified autism risk in toddlers during 1-hour home video observations. A composite score of six specific behaviors, such as poor eye gaze and limited pointing, best distinguished children with autism from those with other delays.
• OTRCT2020Online Family Problem-Solving Therapy (F-PST) for Executive and Behavioral Dysfunction After Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents: A Randomized, Multicenter, Comparative Effectiveness Clinical Trial.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationThe three family problem-solving modes did not differ on parent- and adolescent-reported executive function and behavior scores. Parent-reported scores improved within online groups, especially self-guided online at 9 months.
• PTProtocol2019Incorporating Specific Functional Strength Integration Techniques to Improve Functional Performance for Veterans After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial.Physical therapyThis paper is a protocol for a planned trial. It describes how researchers will compare two physical therapy programs for veterans after hip replacement surgery. No patients have been treated and no results are reported, so there is no evidence to act on yet.
• OTSLPCohort2019Toilet Training in Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPToilet training in Fragile X syndrome is significantly delayed, with females training much earlier than males. Language level and autism diagnosis are the strongest predictors of delay. Males with autism and poor language skills may not achieve independent toileting until their mid-teens.
• Other2019A high-performance 8 nV/√Hz 8-channel wearable and wireless system for real-time monitoring of bioelectrical signals.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA small eight-channel wireless recorder measured very weak bioelectrical signals, recorded EEG, EMG, ECG and acceleration, and ran for more than eight hours on a battery. Tests used two healthy people and a non-human primate.
• SLPOther2019Cigarette Smoke Exposure to Pig Larynx in an Inhalation Chamber.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationAwake pigs breathing smoke from 15 cigarettes a day for 20 days coughed more and had mild vocal fold swelling. Inflammation markers did not show a clear difference. This is an animal model, so it does not show what happens in people.
• PTPilot2019Real-Time Auditory Feedback-Induced Adaptation to Walking Among Seniors Using the Heel2Toe Sensor: Proof-of-Concept Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesFive of six older adults improved heel-first stepping, and all walked longer during short training with a foot sensor that beeps for good steps. With only six people and added exercises, this does not show the sensor alone works.
• SLPCohort2019Comparison of Pitch Strength With Perceptual and Other Acoustic Metric Outcome Measures Following Medialization Laryngoplasty.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationPitch strength did not outperform CPPS-based measures, but after medialization laryngoplasty plus six weeks of voice therapy, patients' voices improved on pitch strength and other acoustic measures.
• PTOTCohort2019The Life-Space Assessment Measure of Functional Mobility Has Utility in Community-Based Physical Therapist Practice in the United Kingdom.Physical therapyThe 5-minute Life-Space Assessment reflected patients' home and outdoor mobility and changed over treatment. Scores were higher in outpatient patients and improved most after recent hospital discharge.
• PTRCT2019Effect of Community-Based Group Exercise Interventions on Standing Balance and Strength in Independent Living Older Adults.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)The task-oriented group exercise program was not clearly better than standard exercise for standing balance or strength, though both 12-week programs improved these outcomes more than the waitlist.
• PTOTCohort2019Abnormal Joint Loading During Gait in Persons With Hip Osteoarthritis Is Associated With Symptoms and Cartilage Lesions.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyPeople with hip arthritis walked with significantly higher hip loading than controls. This extra load was linked to worse pain, daily function, and specific cartilage damage seen on MRI, suggesting gait mechanics are a target for symptom management.
• SLPCase Series2019Work-related communicative profile of radio broadcasters: a case study.Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocologyTwo radio broadcasters showed no hearing loss over one week, but voice patterns shifted. The male broadcaster had high vocal load and signs of fatigue, while the female had moderate load. Results are preliminary and cannot confirm if broadcasting causes voice disorders.
• PTOTOther2019Distance-Induced Changes in Walking Speed After Stroke: Relationship to Community Walking Activity.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTAfter stroke, people who slowed more during the 6-minute walk walked far fewer daily steps than those with similar total distance but steadier speed. Check speed decline, not just distance, when judging walking activity.
• PTOther2019Distinguishing Quadriceps Tendinopathy and Patellar Tendinopathy: Semantics or Significant?The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyThe authors argue that quadriceps tendinopathy is distinct from patellar tendinopathy and should not be treated with identical protocols. They suggest loading quadriceps tendinopathy in deep knee flexion and using pain to guide exercise selection, but offer no evidence that these changes improve outcomes.
• SLPOther2019Perception of American-English Vowels by Early and Late Spanish-English Bilinguals.Language and speechEarly Spanish-English bilinguals discriminated American-English vowels better than late learners but still scored below native speakers. Late learners rated American vowels as more similar to Spanish vowels. Specific contrasts like /ʌ-æ/ were hardest for everyone, suggesting targets for perceptual training.
• SLPPilot2019Perceptual Clinical Features in Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO): Toward Improved Diagnostic Approaches.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn adolescents with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction, dyspnea ratings during exercise were significantly higher than in healthy athletes, but stridor and throat tightness were not. All athletes get breathless with exertion, so breathlessness alone is not diagnostic.
• PTCase Report2019The inclusion of vibration therapy in rehabilitating a gastrocnemius tear: a case study in master athlete.Journal of physical therapy scienceA master athlete with a 5 cm gastrocnemius tear returned to full hockey play in 28 days after a rehabilitation plan that included vibration therapy, stretching, strengthening, and running. The authors state vibration did not hinder recovery but cannot prove it sped it up.
• SLPOther2019The Effects of Stress Type, Vowel Identity, Baseline f0, and Loudness on the Relative Fundamental Frequency of Individuals With Healthy Voices.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFor healthy voices, how syllables are stressed changes the voice measure thought to reflect laryngeal tension. Equal stress was the steadiest. Baseline pitch changed values; loudness did not.
• PTOTSLPCase Report2019A Physical Therapy Intervention to Advance Cognitive and Motor Skills: A Single Subject Study of a Young Child With Cerebral Palsy.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationA single child with severe cerebral palsy showed faster gains in motor and problem-solving skills during a parent-led physical therapy intervention that combined sitting and reaching with cognitive play. The mother changed how she played, but the study cannot prove the therapy caused the improvement.
• PTOTOther2019Stretch reflex excitability in contralateral limbs of stroke survivors is higher than in matched controls.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationStroke survivors showed exaggerated stretch reflexes not just in the spastic arm but also in the non-spastic arm. The non-spastic arm required less tendon indentation to trigger a reflex than healthy controls, suggesting bilateral nervous system changes after stroke.
• PTRCT2020Does trunk muscle training with an oscillating rod improve urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy? A prospective randomized controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitationAdding oscillating rod training to standard pelvic floor exercises reduced urine loss more than relaxation alone after three weeks. The biggest benefit was in men losing over 50 grams on a one-hour pad test, where the improvement was large.
• PTOther2020Comparison of Drop Jump and Tuck Jump Knee Joint Kinematics in Elite Male Youth Soccer Players: Implications for Injury Risk Screening.Journal of sport rehabilitationTuck jumps exposed more inward knee motion than drop jumps in 57 elite male youth soccer players. The two tests agreed only moderately, and agreement varied with growth status, so record maturity before interpreting a screening angle.
• PTOTSLPPilot2020Feasibility of integrative games and novel therapeutic game controller for telerehabilitation of individuals chronic post-stroke living in the community.Topics in stroke rehabilitationSeven chronic stroke survivors trained at home for four weeks using virtual games. Self-reported arm function and depression improved significantly, but clinical measures of arm movement showed no significant change. Technical problems were frequent, and the system's owner funded the study.
• PTOTCohort2020Inpatient Rehabilitation Delirium Screening: Impact on Acute Care Transfers and Functional Outcomes.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationA positive delirium screen at inpatient rehab admission was linked to more transfers to acute care. Those patients also gained less motor function and were less likely to go home.
• SLPOther2020Increasing Response Diversity to Intraverbals in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersTwo children with autism learned to give more different answers to trained questions when instructors prompted features, functions, and classes of possible answers. Gains lasted 8 weeks, but new answers and similar questions did not improve.
• SLPCohort2020Anxiety Disorders in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Population-Based Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with ASD in Sweden were diagnosed with anxiety disorders more often than non-autistic adults: 20.13% versus 8.72%. Rates were highest in those without intellectual disability, and adults with ASD still had more diagnoses than their non-autistic full siblings.
• SLPOther2020Concordance of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, second and third editions.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRThe new Vineland-3 scores lower than the old Vineland-II in people with developmental disabilities. The gap widens as ability drops. This can make a patient look two levels more impaired than they did with the old test.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Impact of Secondary ADHD on Long-Term Outcomes After Early Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationChildren who developed new attention problems years after a brain injury showed significantly worse behavior control and daily functioning in early adolescence. This risk was much higher than in children with orthopedic injuries who developed similar attention issues.
• OTOther2020Factors that predict good Active Support in services for people with intellectual disabilities: A multilevel model.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDBetter observed Active Support was linked to stronger front-line practice leadership, more staff trained, and longer implementation. It was lower in services with seven or more residents, groups with very mixed adaptive behaviour, and large organizations.
• SLPCohort2020Biobehavioral Measures of Presbylaryngeus.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationOlder adults with age-related vocal fold changes had worse voice ratings, reflux symptoms, and lower physical activity than peers, but many differences were not significant and the study was small.
• OTCohort2020Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers: Capturing Health-Related and Care-Related Quality of Life.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism had lower health-related quality of life than Dutch peers, especially self-care, usual activities, and anxiety/depression. Primary caregivers' own health-related quality of life was not lower, but lower care-related quality of life was linked to their anxiety, pain, and child anxiety.
• SLPOther2020Reproducibility of Voice Parameters: The Effect of Room Acoustics and Microphones.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationRoom acoustics changed voice scores more than microphones did. Jitter and CPPS were least affected. A quiet, low-reverberation room matters most when comparing voice scores over time.
• RCT2020Breastfeeding Behaviors and Maternal Interaction Quality in a Low-Income, Ethnic Minority Population.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPIn low-income mothers, higher breastfeeding intensity at six months was linked to more sensitive and less intrusive play with their infants. Exclusive breastfeeding showed similar benefits. These associations held even after accounting for whether the mother had ever breastfed.
• SLPOther2020Comparing Automatic Eye Tracking and Manual Gaze Coding Methods in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchManual gaze coding kept more usable data than automatic eye tracking in young children with autism, but the two systems did not always lead to the same conclusions about word processing.
• Qualitative2019Website Redesign of a 16-Week Exercise Intervention for People With Spinal Cord Injury by Using Participatory Action Research.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesSeven wheelchair users guided a website redesign for exercise. They wanted less text, more videos, and easier navigation. The team added peer mentors, weekly virtual group sessions, and text reminders. This describes how the tool was built, not whether it works.
• Survey2019Parents' Consumer Preferences for Early Childhood Behavioral Intervention in Primary Care.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPMost parents of young children rated at least one behavior topic as important, especially aggression, and preferred talking with their child's primary care doctor during routine visits. Preferences varied by child age, behavior concerns, income, and parenting style.
• PTCohort2019Factors associated with physical function capacity in an urban cohort of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus in South Africa.The South African journal of physiotherapyPast tuberculosis history did not predict 6-minute walk distance in 84 South African people living with HIV. Age and gender did: older age and being female were associated with shorter walks, and a prediction equation was proposed.
• SLPPilot2019Laryngeal Vibration Increases Spontaneous Swallowing Rates in Chronic Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Proof-of-Principle Pilot Study.DysphagiaNeck vibration at 70 Hz and 110 Hz raised spontaneous swallowing rates versus sham in 13 participants with chronic dysphagia. It did not speed voluntary swallow initiation, and the increase did not persist when vibration stopped.
• PTOther2019Kinematic analysis of dance-based exergaming: effect of song pace on center of mass and joint mobility.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 14 healthy young adults dancing to Just Dance, slow songs produced larger total sway, while fast songs produced more side-to-side than front-to-back movement and more steps. Pace changed movement patterns, but did not prove clinical benefit.
• SLPOther2019Measures of Listening Effort Are Multidimensional.Ear and hearingPupil size, brain activity, and self-report measures of listening effort do not correlate with each other. They track separate dimensions of the listening experience. No single measure captures the whole picture, so clinicians should not expect different tests to agree.
• PTQualitative2019Controlling the Uncontrollable: Perceptions of Balance in People With Parkinson Disease.Physical therapyPeople with Parkinson disease described balance as controlling body and mind. They used careful strategies, focused attention, self-talk, and determination to manage unpredictable symptoms. Exercise beliefs varied, with past failures reducing confidence.
• PTOTRCT2019Effects of horse-riding therapy and rhythm and music-based therapy on functional mobility in late phase after stroke.NeuroRehabilitationThe trial's main perceived-recovery outcome was reported elsewhere as higher after horse-riding than after rhythm and music therapy. This paper's mobility results showed horse-riding improved 10-meter walking, while rhythm and music therapy had little immediate change and some 6-month walking gains.
• SLPCohort2019Effects of Age and Hearing Loss on the Recognition of Emotions in Speech.Ear and hearingOlder adults and those with hearing loss struggle to identify emotions in speech, with hearing loss worsening the deficit independent of age. Older listeners were particularly poor at recognizing emotions from male talkers. Sex of the listener did not affect performance once hearing thresholds were accounted for.
• PTOther2019Physiotherapist's musculoskeletal imaging profiling questionnaire: Development, validation and pilot testing.The South African journal of physiotherapyA new questionnaire to profile physiotherapists' imaging training and practice showed good reliability for most sections but poor consistency for utilisation questions. It is suitable for research surveys, not for assessing individual clinical competence.
• PTNarrative Review2019Neck pain in South Africa: An overview of the prevalence, assessment and management for the contemporary clinician.The South African journal of physiotherapyIn Pretoria physiotherapy practices, 46% of musculoskeletal complaints were neck pain. Mobilisation or manipulation is supported for many neck pain presentations, and public-sector one-visit care should focus on exercises and self-management.
• PTCase-Control2020Gait characteristics of post-stroke hemiparetic patients with different walking speeds.International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptationStroke patients had similar overall stride and step length to matched controls, but timing was more variable and asymmetric. Affected-side stance and swing were longer at slower speeds, and asymmetry appeared across speed groups.