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 364 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPOther2020Modeling Binaural Unmasking of Speech Using a Blind Binaural Processing Stage.Trends in hearingA new computer model predicts speech-in-noise performance by switching between two processing strategies based on signal modulation. It accurately matches human data at both negative and positive signal-to-noise ratios, offering a tool to simulate hearing aid algorithms without needing prior knowledge of noise location.
• Other2020Targeting PPARα in the rat valproic acid model of autism: focus on social motivational impairment and sex-related differences.Molecular autismIn rats modeling autism, fenofibrate improved social behavior in both sexes but reduced repetitive movements only in females. The drug did not lower anxiety or improve reward response to food in males. These results do not apply to human patients.
• SLPCohort2020Visuomotor Figure Construction and Visual Figure Delayed Recall and Recognition in Primary Progressive Aphasia.AphasiologyIn primary progressive aphasia, delayed figure recall differed by variant: nonfluent/agrammatic participants remembered drawings better than logopenic or semantic participants. Recognition and decline over time did not differ.
• SLPOther2020Pupil Dilation Is Sensitive to Semantic Ambiguity and Acoustic Degradation.Trends in hearingPupil size grew in students with normal hearing when sentences had background noise or words with more than one meaning. This happened even when sentences were clear, and pupil size did not match comprehension scores.
• PTOTOther2020Quantitative evaluation of subjective posture recognition by physiotherapists using a 3D motion capture.Journal of physical therapy sciencePhysiotherapists' subjective 'good' and 'bad' sitting postures showed distinct spinal displacement patterns, but their 'normal' posture did not align clearly with either. This suggests clinicians may default to comfortable, potentially poor postures rather than recognized good ones.
• SLPOther2020Speech Audiometry at Home: Automated Listening Tests via Smart Speakers With Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingAn Amazon Echo skill accurately detected hearing loss in most users, with an AUC of 0.95 for clinical thresholds. However, it overestimated hearing thresholds by up to 2.2 dB in normal-hearing listeners and showed higher error rates in older adults.
• PTRCT2020Effects of an external foci of attention at different distances on standing long jump in non-athletes.Journal of physical therapy sciencePlacing a visual target line 20 cm beyond a non-athlete's usual jump distance significantly increased their jump length compared to no target. Targets placed behind or exactly at the usual distance did not improve performance over the no-target control.
• PTOTQualitative2020Integrating Technology Into Clinical Practice for the Assessment of Balance and Mobility: Perspectives of Exercise Professionals Practicing in Retirement and Long-term Care.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationExercise professionals in retirement and long-term care view technology-assisted balance assessment as a useful adjunct, not a replacement. They prioritize tools that allow modular task selection to accommodate residents with cognitive or physical limitations, and value objective data for tracking progress and communicating with families.
• OTOther2020Crosscultural Validation of the Community Integration Questionnaire-Revised in an Italian Population.Occupational therapy internationalAn Italian version of the community integration questionnaire was stable when 50 healthy adults repeated it after 14 days. Only the home participation section scored consistently. It has not been checked in people with disability.
• PTOTCohort2020Performance Measures for Short-Term Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients of Working Age: Results of the Prospective Observational Multicenter Registry OutCaRe.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationDuring short-term cardiac rehab for patients under 65, smoking status, blood pressure, exercise training load, well-being, depression, physical health and self-rated health prognosis changed and were recorded often enough to track immediate outcomes.
• OTOther2020Design of an ergonomic gestural interface for professional road cycling.Work (Reading, Mass.)This paper is a design study for a cycling interface, not clinical research. It reports on how seven cyclists prefer to use micro-gestures on handlebars in a lab setting. There are no patient outcomes or therapeutic findings here to inform clinical practice.
• OTSLPQualitative2020"Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew": Defining Autistic Burnout.Autism in adulthoodAutistic adults described burnout as long-lasting exhaustion, lost skills, and lower sensory tolerance after chronic stress and unsupported expectations. They named relief in accepting support, breaks, reduced masking, and accommodations.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Sexual health and education guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicinePeople with spina bifida often lack specific sexual health education and face higher risks of abuse. Guidelines advise clinicians to discuss sexuality routinely, teach consent and safety skills early, and address bowel or bladder continence to support healthy relationships.
• SLPOther2020Extended High Frequencies Provide Both Spectral and Temporal Information to Improve Speech-in-Speech Recognition.Trends in hearingYoung normal-hearing adults recognized target speech better when extended high frequencies were available, and when competing talkers were turned slightly away. Temporal high-frequency cues helped, and adding spectral detail helped further.
• SLPOther2020Robust Data-Driven Auditory Profiling Towards Precision Audiology.Trends in hearingFour auditory profiles emerged from 75 older listeners' test scores. The profiles differed in speech-in-noise and loudness processing beyond audiogram. This is method development, not evidence that tailored hearing aids help.
• OTRCT2020Long-term employment status and quality of life after cancer: A longitudinal prospective cohort study from diagnosis up to and including 5 years post diagnosis.Work (Reading, Mass.)Among cancer survivors employed at diagnosis, 48 of 65 were employed at 5 years. Those employed reported better overall quality of life, physical functioning, and pain. This is an association, not proof employment caused better quality of life.
• Survey2020Empathic disequilibrium in two different measures of empathy predicts autism traits in neurotypical population.Molecular autismA larger gap between feeling others' emotions and understanding them was associated with more autism traits in 671 college students. People who felt more than they understood reported higher autism traits, but this was questionnaire-based and not a diagnosis.
• SLPOther2020The Effect of Free-Field Presentation and Processing Strategy on a Measure of Spectro-Temporal Processing by Cochlear-Implant Listeners.Trends in hearingChanging STRIPES from direct input on a research processor to loudspeaker presentation on a clinical Naida device with Optima-S processing did not change average cochlear-implant listener scores. One listener performed markedly better, but group scores did not differ across conditions.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2020What's in a Building? A Descriptive Survey of Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Buildings in Victoria, Australia.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationMost Victorian inpatient rehabilitation buildings are not purpose-built, with half originally designed for acute care or other uses. Newer and private facilities have more single-bed rooms, while gym locations vary widely from the ward, potentially affecting patient movement.
• PTOTOther2020Comparing Home Upper Extremity Activity with Clinical Evaluations of Arm Function in Chronic Stroke.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationHome accelerometer data correlated with clinical arm impairment scores, but not consistently with self-reported use. Some patients with good clinical scores used their affected arm very little at home. Clinical tests alone may miss habitual non-use.
• OTSurvey2020Occupational Therapy in Haiti: A Pilot Study to Identify Intervention Methods Used during Short-Term Medical Missions.Occupational therapy internationalOccupational therapists on short-term missions to Haiti relied mostly on patient and caregiver education, not telehealth. They identified language barriers and short trip durations as the main obstacles to ensuring clients continued their care after the team left.
• OTSystematic Review2020Occupational Therapy Research in Schools: A Mapping Review.Occupational therapy internationalMost school-based occupational therapy research focuses on children with disabilities and uses individual, rather than collective, interventions. Handwriting and motor rehabilitation dominate the field, particularly in the US, leaving gaps in addressing broader social inclusion and diverse student needs.
• SLPNarrative Review2019Resonance Effects and the Vocalization of Speech.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsNo new patient results or tested treatment outcomes are reported. The paper reviews resonance concepts in voice, nasalization, and performer projection.
• PTOTCohort2020Prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with peripheral neuropathy amongst persons on HAART in Busia County, Kenya.The South African journal of physiotherapyPeripheral neuropathy is highly prevalent in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy, affecting nearly seven in ten. Pain and numbness in the feet are the most common symptoms, strongly linked to the underlying illness rather than age or gender, suggesting a need for routine screening in this population.
• SLPOther2020The Role of the Clinically Obtained Acoustic Reflex as a Research Tool for Subclinical Hearing Pathologies.Trends in hearingThe clinical acoustic reflex test did not detect subclinical hearing damage from noise exposure in young adults with normal hearing. Reflex strength varied significantly with middle-ear compliance and sex, making it unreliable as a standalone measure of hidden hearing loss.
• SLPOther2020Differences Between School-Aged Children with Apraxia of Speech and Other Speech Sound Disorders on Multisyllable Repetition.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsVoicing changes, percent of structurally correct words, correct lexical stress, and syllable deletions significantly differentiated children with CAS from those with other speech sound disorders. However, distributions overlapped heavily, so no single feature serves as a standalone diagnostic marker.
• OTCohort2020Learning and Development of Diagnostic Reasoning in Occupational Therapy Undergraduate Students.Occupational therapy internationalOccupational therapy students get better at spotting performance problems as they progress, but struggle to link symptoms to causes. Few can build a full diagnosis, relying on single variables instead of complex interactions, which risks misdirected treatment.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Optimal foot-position of caregiver based on muscle activity of lower back and lower limb while providing sit-to-stand support.Journal of physical therapy scienceWidening the stance helped the front leg do the work but shifted load to the back muscles. A moderate stance used the front leg effectively without increasing back strain. These findings come from five young men lifting a 10 kg doll, not actual patients.
• OTOther2020The study of the validity and reliability of the Occupational Self-Assessment-traditional Chinese version.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTThe traditional Chinese Occupational Self-Assessment scored consistently across four areas for 593 clients with mental illness, but the environment domain did not fit as a separate domain. OTs can use self-performance, habituation and volition scores to understand client-reported strengths.
• PTCohort2020Development and validation of a method to screen for co-morbid depression by non-behavioral health practitioners treating musculoskeletal pain.Work (Reading, Mass.)In outpatient physical therapy, a 22-item mood screen flagged 35 of 156 patients. Flagged patients reported worse pain and lower task ability. Lower mood-screen scores were linked to better return-to-work.
• OTSLPOther2020Does decreased visual attention to faces underlie difficulties interpreting eye gaze cues in autism?Molecular autismAdolescents with autism struggled to identify what others were looking at, but not because they looked less at faces. Time spent looking at faces did not predict accuracy. Interventions targeting increased face looking may not improve understanding of gaze cues.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Community Rehabilitation Outcomes for Different Stroke Diagnoses: An Observational Cohort Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn 61 adults, 12 months of staged community stroke rehabilitation improved overall function, abilities and participation, but not mood and interpersonal adjustment. Stroke type shaped which areas improved and where deficits remained.
• PTOTCohort2020Musculoskeletal Pain Outcomes Pre- and Post Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Implant in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Prospective Cohort Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn 32 children with cerebral palsy, parent-reported musculoskeletal pain duration and constant pain decreased after baclofen pump implant. Pain intensity, episode frequency, interference, and spasticity did not change.
• PTOTSurvey2020The physical impact of long bone fractures on adults in KwaZulu-Natal.The South African journal of physiotherapyAdults with lower limb fractures reported greater difficulty walking and running than those with upper limb fractures. Older adults with lower limb fractures had significantly higher disability scores. Falls and car accidents caused similar levels of physical limitation.
• PTOther2020Lessons Learned: The Difficulties of Incorporating Intensity Principles Into Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAn intensity-based inpatient stroke program with gait, strength, and cardiovascular training had larger gains in walking distance and balance than usual care, but patients received far fewer sessions than planned and three stopped for low tolerance.
• Narrative Review2020Cerebral organoids as tools to identify the developmental roots of autism.Molecular autismCerebral organoids can model early brain development errors in autism, such as neurogenesis and migration defects, but they are too immature to study synapse formation or behavior. They currently offer no clinical tools or outcomes for therapists.
• SLPMeta-Analysis2020Placebo response in pharmacological and dietary supplement trials of autism spectrum disorder (ASD): systematic review and meta-regression analysis.Molecular autismAbout 20% of people with autism improved substantially on placebo alone in medication and supplement trials. Caregiver ratings showed larger placebo responses than clinician observations, suggesting expectations influence perceived progress more than actual symptom change.
• PTPilot2020Safety and Feasibility of Various Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Protocols in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis Who Are Nonambulatory.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationNine nonambulatory adults with MS completed several functional electrical stimulation cycling protocols with no serious adverse events and minimal changes in spasticity, pain, and fatigue. This shows safety and feasibility, not that cycling improved function.
• SLPOther2020Evaluation of an Adaptive Dynamic Compensation System in Cochlear Implant Listeners.Trends in hearingIn cochlear implant listeners, the Voice Guard setting did not improve speech understanding in noise compared with a standard compression setting, but it did improve speech understanding in quiet.
• PTSLPOther2020Cardiovascular disease risk is associated with middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity in older adults.Cardiopulmonary physical therapy journalOlder adults with higher cardiovascular disease risk had lower middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity at rest and during exercise. Their cardiovascular risk was also linked to more white matter lesions, but blood flow velocity was not.
• PTOTPilot2020Developing a Facilitators Scale in the Context of Travel: ReTRIP.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationA new scale for people with spinal cord injury separates travel barriers into two distinct types: what the industry provides (accessibility, staff help) and what the individual brings (planning, problem-solving). These two factors are weakly linked, meaning you should assess them separately rather than combining them into a single score.
• SLPOther2020Binaural Recordings in Natural Acoustic Environments: Estimates of Speech-Likeness and Interaural Parameters.Trends in hearingEveryday binaural recordings varied greatly over time and between ears, and many moments had low speech information in one ear or both ears. Clinic tests using clear, steady speech may not capture this variability.
• PTOTSLPPilot2020Intrarater Test-Retest Reliability of Hip Abduction, Internal Rotation, and External Rotation Strength Measurements in a Healthy Cohort Using a Handheld Dynamometer and a Portable Stabilization Device: A Pilot Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationA handheld dynamometer with a PVC stabilization device measured hip strength reliably in healthy athletes. Changes greater than 5.09 N within a day, or 13.41 N between days, likely reflect true strength change rather than measurement error.
• OTSLPOther2020Dissecting the phenotypic heterogeneity in sensory features in autism spectrum disorder: a factor mixture modelling approach.Molecular autismAutistic children and adults grouped into three sensory severity levels rather than distinct sensory patterns. The severe group had more social-communication, repetitive behaviour and adaptive functioning difficulties.
• PTOther2020Single question about total lying time for assessing physical inactivity in community-dwelling older adults: a study of reliability and discriminant validity from sleeping time.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 54 healthy older adults, one question about daily lying time gave stable week-to-week answers and averaged 8.4 to 8.7 hours, more than 7.1 hours of sleep.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Adapting the Ages and Stages Questionnaire to Identify and Quantify Development Among Children With Evidence of Zika Infection.Infants and young childrenA modified screening protocol allowed clinicians to quantify severe developmental delays in infants with congenital Zika infection. Children with microcephaly showed profound delays, with median developmental ages far below their biological ages, while those without microcephaly scored closer to peers.
• PTSystematic Review2020Exploring the Unmet Need for Technology to Promote Motor Ability in Children Younger Than 5 Years of Age: A Systematic Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation53 papers described technology for very young children with motor deficits. Case study designs and studies with 11 to 50 participants each accounted for 34% of papers, and 75% of technologies were investigational.
• OTOther2020Work analysis tool for higher education: Development and validation of the german student measure WA-S Screening.Work (Reading, Mass.)A new survey measures university students' study conditions across eight subscales. It reliably links work overload and low skill fit to burnout, and lecturer feedback to engagement. Use it to identify systemic stressors, not to treat individual patients.
• Other2020Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells improved core symptoms of genetically modified mouse model of autism Shank3B.Molecular autismIn mice with a genetic mutation linked to autism, nasal drops of stem-cell exosomes improved social interaction and reduced repetitive behaviors. Vocalization rates increased but did not reach statistical significance. This is preclinical animal data only.
• SLPOther2020Factors Influencing Presence or Absence of Laterality During Pharyngeal Bolus Clearance.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsMost healthy adults show no side preference when swallowing. When laterality appears, men are more likely to show it than women. This pattern is a normal variation, not a sign of impairment.