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.

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• PTOTSLPOther2020Functional resistance training during walking: Mode of application differentially affects gait biomechanics and muscle activation patterns.Gait & postureComputer simulations show that how you apply resistance during walking changes which muscles work. Ankle weights and elastic bands target swing-phase muscles, while backward pulling targets stance-phase hip extensors. Weighted vests had minimal effect.
• SLPOther2020The Prediction of Risk of Penetration-Aspiration Via Hyoid Bone Displacement Features.DysphagiaA measure of how far the hyoid bone moves forward during swallowing was associated with disordered penetration-aspiration scores. Older age and thin liquids also raised risk. This was a preliminary risk calculation, not yet a clinical tool.
• RCT2020The feasibility of low-intensity psychological therapy for depression co-occurring with autism in adults: The Autism Depression Trial (ADEPT) - a pilot randomised controlled trial.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceThe adapted low-intensity therapy was feasible: 32 of 35 started it, 25 completed all nine sessions, and 86% in guided self-help versus 54% in treatment as usual completed 16-week measures. It could not show whether depression improved.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020Use of the Dyskinesia Impairment Scale in non-ambulatory dyskinetic cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyThe Dyskinesia Impairment Scale detects changes in dystonia as well as the standard BADS in non-ambulatory children, but many required activities cannot be performed by this group. It scores choreoathetosis, which the BADS misses, but takes longer to administer.
• Narrative Review2020Philosophy of care delivery for spina bifida.Disability and health journalNo patient outcomes are reported. This paper describes ideas about spina bifida care delivery and transition, not evidence that any service improves health.
• PTOther2020Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Rehabilitative Training Enhances Motor Recovery After Bilateral Spinal Cord Injury to Cervical Forelimb Motor Pools.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairIn rats with cervical spinal cord injury, pairing vagus nerve stimulation with rehabilitative training improved forelimb strength and spontaneous use more than training alone. These gains persisted after stimulation stopped and extended to untrained tasks. This is animal data, not human evidence.
• SLPCohort2020Child Challenging Behavior Influences Maternal Mental Health and Relationship Quality Over Time in Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMother-child closeness did not change over time, but mothers whose children had more challenging behaviors reported lower closeness and poorer mental health.
• SLPOther2020BaByVFSSImP© A Novel Measurement Tool for Videofluoroscopic Assessment of Swallowing Impairment in Bottle-Fed Babies: Establishing a Standard.DysphagiaA new scoring system for baby swallow studies grouped 21 components into five domains. Scores for airway closure and aspiration strongly matched how much liquid entered the airway. These physiology scores also aligned with clinicians' feeding recommendations, though not with caregiver stress.
• OTOther2020Initial factor exploration of disability identity.Rehabilitation psychologyAdults with disabilities described disability identity in four themes: internal beliefs about disability, anger and frustration, adopting disability community values, and contributing to that community. The pilot measure has not yet been tested with a separate sample.
• SLPCohort2020Caregiver Touch-Speech Communication and Infant Responses in 12-Month-Olds at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAt 12 months, high-risk infants received similar amounts of touch plus speech as low-risk infants, but more of their touch overlapped with speech. Both groups looked toward the touch more when speech was present; high-risk infants often did not respond to touch alone.
• OTRCT2020Early Childhood Development Caregiver Training and Neurocognition of HIV-Exposed Ugandan Siblings.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPCaregiver training aimed at a preschool child, with nutrition support for all children, did not show substantial cognitive benefit for older siblings. Some test gains did not hold when many outcomes were considered, and parent-reported behavior scores were worse in the training group.
• PTOther2020Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients increase medio-lateral stability and limit changes in antero-posterior stability to curb energy expenditure.Gait & postureCOPD patients did not show lower front-to-back step-to-step stability than controls, but had larger side-to-side margins. They kept front-to-back margins steady as speed rose, while controls reduced them. Larger front-to-back margins coincided with lower energy cost.
• PTOTOther2020What happens before the first step? A New Approach to Quantifying Gait Initiation Using a Wearable Sensor.Gait & postureA single lower-back sensor accurately measured gait initiation timing compared to a lab gold standard. Older adults with fall history showed significantly longer reaction and preparation times than young adults, offering a feasible way to assess movement planning outside the clinic.
• PTOTRCT2020Hebbian-Type Primary Motor Cortex Stimulation: A Potential Treatment of Impaired Hand Function in Chronic Stroke Patients.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairNo significant difference between Hebbian-type and sham stimulation on the primary hand function measure. Both groups improved after training, and only the Hebbian-type group remained significantly better than baseline at four weeks.
• PTOther2020Accuracy and Precision of Three Consumer-Grade Motion Sensors During Overground and Treadmill Walking in People With Parkinson Disease: Cross-Sectional Comparative Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesA waist-worn Fitbit One counted steps accurately during both overground and treadmill walking. A wrist-worn Garmin was accurate overground but poor on the treadmill. The wrist-worn Fitbit Charge 2 HR was inaccurate for both. Handrail use worsened wrist-sensor readings.
• SLPOther2019Task and Participant Variables Predict Communication Complexity Scale (CCS) Scores: Closer Examination of the CCS.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesIn people with minimal verbal skills, tasks inviting shared attention produced lower communication complexity scores, about half a point, than tasks inviting requests or protests, especially for those with ASD. Older age and lower everyday adaptive skills were linked to lower scores.
• SLPOther2019CEDRA: A Tool to Help Consumers Assess Risk for Ear Disease.Ear and hearingA 15-item consumer questionnaire can flag possible ear disease before buying hearing aids, but it does not diagnose disease or confirm hearing aid suitability. A score of 4 or more suggests seeing a doctor.
• SLPOther2019Factors Affecting Bimodal Benefit in Pediatric Mandarin-Speaking Chinese Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingAdding a hearing aid did not improve Mandarin CI children's speech recognition in steady noise or competing talkers in the main test. It worsened male-to-male competition, and helped only in a harder task.
• SLPOther2019Effect of Compression on Musical Sound Quality in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users were less able than normal-hearing listeners to notice added compression in short music clips. Both groups tended to rate more compressed clips as worse, but implant users detected the changes less strongly.
• SLPCohort2019Test/Retest Variability of the eCAP Threshold in Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingIn Advanced Bionics cochlear implant users, noise-related repeated eCAP threshold measurements varied little, and the larger uncertainty came from extrapolating the response curve.
• PTOTCase Report2019Impact of combination of therapeutic exercise and psychological intervention for a patient with first-time traumatic shoulder dislocation.Journal of physical therapy scienceA young woman with first-time traumatic shoulder dislocation who chose conservative care improved shoulder function and returned to recreational badminton after phase-based exercise, the Watson program, and psychological support. This was a single case, not proof the treatment works.
• SLPCohort2019Syntactic Ability of Girls With Fragile X Syndrome: Phonological Memory and Discourse Demands on Complex Sentence Use.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesGirls with fragile X syndrome produced shorter sentences than age-matched peers during narration. Their sentence complexity did not differ from younger girls matched for cognitive ability. Phonological memory predicted narrative syntax, but not conversation.
• PTCase Report2019Changes in thoracic and lumbar spinal motions during running in a female with scoliosis.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn one runner with scoliosis, spinal side bending changed with stance side and speed. Right stance increased the existing curve; left stance reduced it. This is one person, not a pattern.
• PTSurvey2019Attitude of physiotherapists toward electronic health record in Croatia.Archives of physiotherapyMost Croatian physiotherapists were neutral about computer satisfaction and necessity in daily work. Agreement on necessity was higher among those with bachelor's or university degrees than among those with secondary education. Attitudes varied by institution type, with specialty hospital staff most likely to agree on necessity.
• PTOTSLPPilot2020Automatic versus manual tuning of robot-assisted gait training in people with neurological disorders.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAn automatic tuning algorithm reached stable assistance levels faster than an experienced therapist and used lower assistance overall. Participants reported similar safety and effect for both methods. This pilot compared tuning mechanics, not long-term clinical recovery.
• PTCase Series2020Standardized Infant NeuroDevelopmental Assessment developmental and socio-emotional scales: reliability and predictive value in an at-risk population.Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn infants referred to a neurodevelopmental clinic, SINDA developmental scores of 7 or less out of 15 predicted intellectual disability at 24 months or older. Atypical emotionality or self-regulation were associated with later behavioural or emotional disorder, but normal scores did not rule it out.
• SLPRCT2020Finding Phrases: The Interplay of Word Frequency, Phrasal Prosody and Co-speech Visual Information in Chunking Speech by Monolingual and Bilingual Adults.Language and speechHead nods helped adults parse artificial speech only when they matched familiar spoken rhythm. Alone, nods did not help. Bilingual adults followed the testing context more than unfamiliar rhythm.
• OTRCT2020Anatomical and Functional Characterization in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: An Atlas-Based Analysis.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairIn children with unilateral cerebral palsy, whole-brain anatomical patterns tracked hand function more closely than lesion type alone. Children with periventricular lesions had better hand function than children with middle cerebral artery lesions.
• PTOther2020Perception of whole-body motion during balance perturbations is impaired in Parkinson's disease and is associated with balance impairment.Gait & posturePeople with Parkinson's needed a larger sideways body shift to sense left versus right during backward balance perturbations. Poorer shift perception tracked with worse balance scores in Parkinson's, but not in matched older adults without the condition.
• PTOther2020Age-specific differences in the time-frequency representation of surface electromyographic data recorded during a submaximal cyclic back extension exercise: a promising biomarker to detect early signs of sarcopenia.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOlder adults showed less pronounced frequency-based EMG fatigue slopes during a 50% cyclic back extension, but not in EMG amplitude or strength. This is exploratory, not a validated clinical screen.
• PTOTCohort2020Spatio-temporal gait variables predicted incident disability.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 4121 Japanese older adults, slower walking, shorter stride, slower steps, and more variable stride were associated with later need for long-term care support. More abnormal gait measures meant higher risk.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020Athletes With Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Were Slower to Meet Rehabilitation Milestones and Return-to-Sport Criteria Than Athletes With Hamstring Tendon Autograft or Soft Tissue Allograft : Secondary Analysis From the ACL-SPORTS Trial.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyAthletes with bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts took 1.5 to 2.5 months longer to meet rehab milestones and up to 4 months longer to return to sport than those with hamstring autografts or allografts. They also had lower quadriceps strength after training, though outcomes equalized by one year.
• PTOTRCT2020Relationship between changes in motor capacity and objectively measured motor performance in ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy.Child: care, health and developmentAfter 12 weeks of physiotherapy plus optional botulinum toxin, serial casting or ankle foot orthoses, changes in motor capacity did not go together with objectively measured motor performance. At 24 weeks, strength and walking speed gains went with less sedentary time.
• PTOTCohort2020Community-based participation of children with and without disabilities.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with disabilities were less likely to get together with friends, join physical activities, or attend religious gatherings. They also took part in several of these activities less often, even after accounting for sex, income, and parental education.
• SLPOther2020Predictors of Residue and Airway Invasion in Parkinson's Disease.DysphagiaIn people with Parkinson’s disease being considered for deep brain stimulation, disease severity did not predict swallowing residue or airway invasion. Reduced pharyngeal constriction and delayed airway closure were linked to these problems, and the links varied by swallow condition.
• SLPCohort2020Observational and Reported Measures of Language and Pragmatics in Young People with Autism: A Comparison of Respondent Data and Gender Profiles.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents reported significantly more pragmatic difficulties for girls with autism than clinicians did, and direct testing showed better skills than observation. Clinicians should combine parent reports with functional observation, as testing alone may miss real-world struggles in girls.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Prevalence of physical and mental health conditions in Medicare-enrolled, autistic older adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic older adults had significantly higher odds of nearly every physical and mental health condition compared to non-autistic peers. This included high risks for epilepsy, Parkinson’s, gastrointestinal issues, and suicidality. Clinicians should anticipate complex comorbidities in this population.
• PTOTPilot2020Changes in standing stability with balance-based torso-weighting with cerebellar ataxia: A pilot study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyLight torso weights helped people with cerebellar ataxia stand longer and sway less when balance was challenged, but did not improve walking speed. The weights were safe in this small pilot, suggesting potential for stability support but not faster mobility.
• PTCohort2020The Association of Pain Phenotype with Neuromuscular Impairments and Mobility Limitations Among Older Primary Care Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the Boston Rehabilitative Impairment Study of the Elderly.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationAmong 430 older primary care patients with some walking or stair difficulty, more pain sites and higher pain intensity were linked to poorer trunk endurance, slower leg speed, limited ankle motion, and reduced mobility.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2020Inconsistent Classification of Mild Stroke and Implications on Health Services Delivery.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationMild stroke is defined inconsistently across the literature, with ten different cutoff scores on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale alone. This confusion likely contributes to patients being misclassified and missing out on necessary rehabilitation referrals and services.
• PTOTMeta-Analysis2019The effects of regenerative injection therapy compared to corticosteroids for the treatment of lateral Epicondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of physiotherapyAutologous blood or platelet rich plasma injections for tennis elbow matched corticosteroids for pain at 1 and 2 months, then showed less pain and better arm use at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year.
• Other2019The role of ubiquitin ligase E3A in polarized contact guidance and rescue strategies in UBE3A-deficient hippocampal neurons.Molecular autismMouse neurons lacking the protein under study misaligned on grooved surfaces. Low-dose nocodazole improved alignment and reduced extra branching; replacing the protein only partly helped. This is a cell mechanism finding, not a tested therapy for patients.
• SLPOther2019Validating a Quick Spectral Modulation Detection Task.Ear and hearingIn 20 cochlear implant users, the new EasyQSMD task gave scores that did not differ significantly from the old QSMD(MySound) task.
• PTOTPilot2019Minimal clinically important difference for the Fugl-Meyer assessment of the upper extremity in convalescent stroke patients with moderate to severe hemiparesis.Journal of physical therapy scienceFor convalescent stroke patients with moderate to severe arm weakness, a 12.4-point improvement on the Fugl-Meyer upper extremity score marked the threshold where patients felt their arm function had meaningfully improved in daily life.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Psychiatric Symptoms: Prevalence, Co-occurrence, and Functioning Among Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns at Age 10 Years.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAbout 30% of 10-year-olds born extremely preterm screened positive for at least one psychiatric disorder. Co-occurrence was frequent, especially between internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Higher numbers of co-occurring disorders were linked to worse school, social, and physical functioning.
• SLPOther2019Effects of Reverberation on the Relation Between Compression Speed and Working Memory for Speech-in-Noise Perception.Ear and hearingWorking memory changed which simulated hearing aid compression speed gave better speech-in-noise scores. High working memory favored fast compression, low working memory favored slow compression. The pattern was present in quiet and mild reverberation, then disappeared at higher reverberation.
• PTOTOther2019The "subluxation" issue: an analysis of chiropractic clinic websites.Archives of physiotherapyNearly half of Alberta chiropractic clinic websites use the word "subluxation," and one-third present it as a theory causing nerve interference and organ dysfunction. Eight percent specifically market this concept for children, linking it to conditions like colic, ADHD, and asthma.
• SLPOther2019Longitudinal effect of deactivating stimulation sites based on low-rate thresholds on speech recognition in cochlear implant users.International journal of audiologyDeactivating cochlear implant electrodes with poor low-rate thresholds improved speech recognition in noise for all subjects. Benefits peaked after two months of acclimatization and decreased when switching back to the clinical map, suggesting users need time to adapt to the new frequency allocation.
• SLPRCT2019Understanding Variability in Individual Response to Hearing Aid Signal Processing in Wearable Hearing Aids.Ear and hearingThe hearing aid setting with fast compression and frequency compression did not predict better speech recognition than the mild setting. It changed the speech signal more, and age and working memory shaped word repetition in noise.
• PTProtocol2020Stratified exercise therapy compared with usual care by physical therapists in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial protocol (OCTOPuS study).Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyNo results are reported yet. This protocol describes a planned trial of stratified exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis, so it does not change current care.