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 366 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2021Genetic polymorphisms for BDNF, COMT, and APOE do not affect gait or ankle motor control in chronic stroke: A preliminary cross-sectional study.Topics in stroke rehabilitationGroups formed by BDNF, COMT, or APOE variants did not differ in walking speed, gait symmetry, or ankle movement control in this chronic stroke study. The study was small, so this does not rule out genetic effects.
• PTOTRCT2021Behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition: An examination of function in chronic pain.Rehabilitation psychologyAmong 328 Veterans with chronic pain, higher behavioral inhibition was tied to more pain interference and less positive function. Higher behavioral activation was tied to better positive function, but inhibition was the stronger pattern.
• PTOTOther2021Falls After Dysvascular Transtibial Amputation: A Secondary Analysis of Falling Characteristics and Reduced Physical Performance.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationIn older adults with dysvascular leg amputation, falls were mostly caused by internal balance issues during transfers, not external trips. This suggests therapy should focus on weight-shifting and safe transfer techniques for the first five years after amputation.
• PTOther2021Pain interference and quality of life in combat veterans: Examining the roles of posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and sleep quality.Rehabilitation psychologyAmong 289 combat veterans, worse PTSD, deployment TBI severity, and poor sleep were linked to more pain that limits daily life. Poor sleep and PTSD were linked to quality of life. TBI severity was not, after sleep and PTSD were included.
• PTOTSystematic Review2021A Systematic Review of the Incidence, Prevalence, Costs, and Activity and Work Limitations of Amputation, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Back Pain, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, and Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A 2019 Update.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationBack pain affected 33.9% of US adults in the past 3 months, osteoarthritis affected 32.5 million adults, and older adults with stroke were 65 to 121 percent more likely to need help with daily activities.
• PTCohort2021Gait Measures at Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation after Ischemic Stroke Predict 3-Month Quality of Life and Function.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationFaster 10-metre walking speed during inpatient stroke rehab was linked with less likely impaired lower-limb quality of life and better function at 3 months. The 6-minute walk showed a very small link, and neither test was linked with arm or thinking domains.
• PTOTSystematic Review2021Motivational Interviewing and Return to Work for People with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Mapping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitationEvidence on motivational interviewing for return to work in musculoskeletal disorders is limited and inconsistent. One small study found no benefit, while a larger study showed improved return to work for those unemployed at baseline. Neither study isolated the effect of motivational interviewing from other rehabilitation components.
• PTCohort2021The Association of Parity with Greater Dynamic Pronation of the Feet.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationWomen with more children showed greater foot pronation during walking. This association disappeared after adjusting for age and BMI, suggesting weight and aging may drive the foot changes rather than parity itself.
• PTCohort2020Is Referral to Home Health Rehabilitation After Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Associated With 90-Day Hospital Readmission for Adult Patients With Stroke?American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationStroke patients referred to home health after inpatient rehab were less likely to be readmitted to hospital within 90 days than those not referred. The study cannot show home health caused the lower readmission.
• PTOTQualitative2020Qualitative analysis of resilience characteristics of people with unilateral transtibial amputation.Disability and health journalPeople with leg amputation who reported higher resilience described using active coping, flexible thinking, optimism, risk appraisal, and social support to pursue goals. Those with lower resilience reported passive coping, rigidity, avoidance, and limited support. Humor and exercise did not consistently emerge as key factors.
• Survey2020Spinal Cord Injury Provider Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Bacteriuria Management and Antibiotic Stewardship.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationSCI/D providers reported confidence in bacteriuria guidelines but limited recall, unclear applicability, and reasons to culture or treat outside guideline indications. Their views, not patient outcomes, describe provider reasoning about urine testing and antibiotics.
• PTOther2020Locomotor training intensity after stroke: Effects of interval type and mode.Topics in stroke rehabilitationShort-interval HIIT produced faster walking speeds, while long-interval HIIT produced more steps and higher heart rates overground. Treadmill training was faster and harder for short-interval work, but slower and no harder for long-interval work.
• PTOTCase-Control2020Measurements of Hand Function in Degenerative Cerebellar Disease: A Case-Control Pilot Study.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationThe 9-Hole Peg Test performed with the dominant hand best tracked hand function in adults with degenerative cerebellar disease, correlating with ataxia severity across all clinical tests. Simple reaching kinematics separated patients from healthy controls but failed to track disease severity.
• Other2020Development of an Intervention to Create a Supportive Work Environment for Employees with Chronic Conditions: An Intervention Mapping Approach.Journal of occupational rehabilitationAn occupational physician-led workplace programme was designed to help employees with chronic conditions disclose, request adjustments, balance work, and manage symptoms. It is not yet tested for effectiveness.
• Cohort2020Prolonged postpartum length of hospital stay among women with disabilities.Disability and health journalWomen with disabilities had significantly higher odds of prolonged postpartum hospital stays compared to women without disabilities, even after accounting for mode of delivery. The association was strongest for women with vision disabilities and remained significant for all disability types except hearing in adjusted prevalence analyses.
• Narrative Review2020Human visual skills for brain-computer interface use: a tutorial.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyThis is a tutorial review with no original results, so there is no study finding to act on.
• PTRCT2020Biobehavioral Intervention Targeting Physical Activity Behavior Change for Older Veterans after Nontraumatic Amputation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationA 12-week telehealth step-focused program did not increase daily steps or improve reported life participation in veterans with lower-limb loss, although it was safe and acceptable.
• PTOTSLPOther2020Factors associated with depressive symptoms of carepartners of stroke survivors after discharge from rehabilitation therapy.Topics in stroke rehabilitationStroke caregivers with more depressive symptoms provided less autonomy support to survivors during home exercises. Depression was also linked to higher fatigue, worse family functioning, and more survivor memory problems. These associations were found in a small group of mostly white, educated spouses.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2020Job Crafting Among American Workers with Disabilities.Journal of occupational rehabilitationWorkers with disabilities reported lower rates of job crafting than the general population, particularly in social and task domains. However, those with higher education or adult-onset disabilities showed specific patterns of engagement, suggesting tailored strategies are needed to support workplace adaptation.
• PTMeta-Analysis2020Physiotherapy in Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Present Treatment Modalities.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPhysiotherapy for Parkinson's disease produced moderate improvements in motor symptoms, balance, and gait, but effects varied by modality and comparisons were indirect.
• PTOTCase Report2020Oxygen Consumption While Walking With Multijoint Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation After Stroke.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationIn one stroke survivor, implanted multi-joint electrical stimulation doubled walking speed. While total oxygen consumption increased, the energy cost per meter walked decreased. This suggests the faster walking was more efficient, though the effort required was higher.
• PTOTCohort2020Day-of-Injury Computed Tomography and Longitudinal Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Comparison of the Marshall and Rotterdam Computed Tomography Scoring Methods.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationMarshall and Rotterdam CT scores did not predict functional recovery at rehab discharge or later. They did predict rehab stay, but no single CT score clearly separated from the others.
• PTMeta-Analysis2020Exercise Programs to Reduce the Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Personnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationExercise programs to prevent military injuries show mixed results. Static stretching does not reduce overall injury risk. Targeted resistance and neuromuscular training may help, but evidence is low quality due to bias. Adding exercises without removing others may cause harm.
• PTOTOther2021Reliability and Validity of a New Toileting Assessment Form for Patients with Hemiparetic Stroke.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationA new 24-item toileting form for stroke patients was scored consistently by therapists and matched existing FIM toileting ratings, but it was tested only on 30 simulated videos in one hospital.
• PTOTOther2021Passive Trunk Exoskeleton Acceptability and Effects on Self-efficacy in Employees with Low-Back Pain: A Mixed Method Approach.Journal of occupational rehabilitationAfter trying a passive trunk exoskeleton, employees with low-back pain rated greater confidence in spine-loading tasks. The gain was largest in those with lower baseline confidence, and the study measured confidence, not pain or disability.
• OTQualitative2021Disclosure, Privacy and Workplace Accommodation of Episodic Disabilities: Organizational Perspectives on Disability Communication-Support Processes to Sustain Employment.Journal of occupational rehabilitationWorkplace support staff often label episodic disabilities as performance issues when symptoms are invisible or unpredictable. They struggle to balance privacy laws with the need for health information, leaving supervisors and co-workers excluded from accommodation plans and creating interpersonal tension.
• PTOTOther2021Reliability and Validity of a New Transfer Assessment Form for Stroke Patients.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationThe new Bed-wheelchair transfer Tasks Assessment Form breaks transferring into 25 subtasks, letting therapists pinpoint exactly where a patient needs help. It showed good reliability among raters and identified specific problem steps that standard global scores miss.
• PTOTRCT2021Phase I Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Balance and Aerobic Training in Degenerative Cerebellar Disease.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationHome aerobic training improved ataxia severity more than home balance training in this small pilot. Both helped walking and balance, but aerobic gains lasted longer at three months. A larger trial needs 26 people per group to confirm these findings.
• OTSLPPilot2021Treating limb apraxia via action semantics: a preliminary study.Neuropsychological rehabilitationThree people with post-stroke limb apraxia showed different responses. Two improved hand posture on trained tools after tool-use practice, and one also improved after semantic action training. Untreated tools did not improve.
• OTNarrative Review2021A review of adaptive sport opportunities for power wheelchair users.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyPower wheelchair users face limited competitive sport options, with most existing activities requiring stationary wheelchairs. Only power soccer, hockey, and obstacle courses demand movement, necessitating custom equipment that is often too expensive or complex for widespread adoption.
• PTCohort2021Cellular and Clinical Analyses of Autologous Bone Marrow Aspirate Injectate for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationPatients with mild knee osteoarthritis reported better function and less pain for up to 12 months after a single bone marrow aspirate injection into the knee. This was a small uncontrolled pilot, so the injection cannot be shown to have caused the change.
• Other2021Use of a Decision Support Tool on Prognosis of Work Ability in Work Disability Assessments: An Experimental Study Among Insurance Physicians.Journal of occupational rehabilitationInsurance physicians' prognosis matched the tool in 47% of judgments, changed in 11% after seeing it, and confidence fell when they disagreed. Most were unsure or unwilling to use it.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Relationship Satisfaction and Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Patients and Caregivers in Mexico and Colombia.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationHigher relationship satisfaction during hospitalization predicted lower depression two months later for both patients and caregivers. Caregiver depression at two months also predicted lower relationship satisfaction at four months. These links were strongest when patients reported high satisfaction.
• PTQualitative2020Challenges of Developing a Natural Language Processing Method With Electronic Health Records to Identify Persons With Chronic Mobility Disability.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationWheelchair keywords in health records did not prove chronic wheelchair use. Notes mentioned wheelchairs for transport, exams, temporary use, or another person. Reason and duration were often missing.
• PTOther2020Sleep problems worsen health-related quality of life and participation during the first 12 months of stroke rehabilitation.Clinical rehabilitationStroke survivors who said a sleep problem moderately or quite a bit affected function reported worse mobility, daily activities, mood, memory, and participation during the first year. The study did not show sleep caused these problems.
• Narrative Review2020Ethical Considerations of Using Machine Learning for Decision Support in Occupational Health: An Example Involving Periodic Workers' Health Assessments.Journal of occupational rehabilitationMachine learning tools that recommend occupational health interventions may be hard to verify, may change after consent, and can expose workers to privacy or discrimination risks.
• PTSystematic Review2020Investigating the Clinical Significance and Research Discrepancies of Balance Training in Degenerative Cerebellar Disease: A Systematic Review.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationBalance training may reduce ataxia severity scores in genetic degenerative cerebellar disease, but not all studies showed benefit and balance tests were not clinically meaningful. Gait speed improved when programs included walking exercises.
• Pilot2020Establishment of a Novel Porcine Model to Study the Impact of Active Stretching on a Local Carrageenan-Induced Inflammation.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationIn pigs with induced inflammation, active stretching reduced lesion size by 36%. The procedure was feasible and well-tolerated, but the study was too small to confirm effects on pain or tissue healing. This does not support changing clinical practice for human patients.
• OTSurvey2020Do emotional distress and functional problems in persons with traumatic brain injury contribute to perceived sleep-related impairment in caregivers?Rehabilitation psychologyCaregivers of service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury reported more sleep impairment than civilian caregivers. In civilian dyads, patient thinking and arm function were linked to caregiver sleep impairment; in military dyads, patient anger was linked.
• Narrative Review2020Maintaining Muscle Function Across the Lifespan: The State of Science.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationNo study finding. This is a narrative review of sarcopenia and muscle aging, not evidence that any treatment works.
• PTRCT2020Prehabilitation in patients awaiting elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery - effects on functional capacity and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitationTwo-week prehabilitation (supervised cycling plus light gymnastics with breathing and coordination exercises) before heart bypass improved preoperative walking distance and Timed-Up-and-Go performance, and quality of life, but did not improve exercise capacity. Postoperative quality of life showed no intervention effect.
• PTOTOther2020A Reaching Performance Scale for 2 Wolf Motor Function Test Items.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationThe modified scale shows only weak-to-moderate agreement between raters, so it is not yet reliable for clinical use. It did correlate with other stroke measures, suggesting it may help distinguish movement quality in the future.
• PTOTSLPCohort2020Participation in Physical Activity at Time of Presentation to a Specialty Concussion Clinic Is Associated With Shorter Time to Recovery.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationChildren referred to a concussion clinic who were already doing moderate or heavy activity recovered 21 days sooner than those doing none or light activity. This association held after adjusting for symptoms and demographics, suggesting early non-contact activity is safe and linked to faster recovery.
• PTOTOther2020Digital Phenotyping to Quantify Psychosocial Well-Being Trajectories After Spinal Cord Injury.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationSmartphone surveys and GPS tracking were feasible in 43 wheelchair users with spinal cord injury, but newly injured adults dropped out more. Depression was linked to lower social participation; community mobility relationships varied by person.
• PTOther2020Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons-National Patient Information Reporting System, 2005-2014.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationEmergency department visits for traumatic brain injury among American Indian and Alaska Native persons in Indian Health Service hospitals, tribally managed facilities, or contracted care increased from 2008 to 2014. Falls and assault were the leading causes.
• PTCohort2020Data Mining to Understand How Health Status Preceding Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Functional Outcome: A Population-Based Sex-Stratified Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation10 pre-injury health condition groups were linked to lower relative functional gain in men after TBI; in women, one factor showed this link.
• PTOTSLPRCT2020Biopsychosocial intervention for stroke carers (BISC): results of a feasibility randomised controlled trial and nested qualitative interview study.Clinical rehabilitationA biopsychosocial intervention for stroke carers was feasible but not tested for efficacy. Carers valued peer support and flexibility, but struggled to attend group sessions due to competing demands. One-to-one delivery had better attendance.
• PTOTOther2020Health literacy, health outcomes, and the caregiver role in traumatic brain injury.Rehabilitation psychologyTwenty-one percent of TBI caregivers had low health literacy. These caregivers reported more burden, less satisfaction with the relationship, and poorer physical health, but no differences in mental health or caregiving ideology.
• PTRCT2021Forced and Voluntary Aerobic Cycling Interventions Improve Walking Capacity in Individuals With Chronic Stroke.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationEight weeks of forced or voluntary cycling improved walking distance by 63 meters and 31 meters respectively, while a control group declined by 23 meters. The forced cycling group exceeded the minimal clinically important difference, suggesting this aerobic approach can meaningfully improve walking capacity in chronic stroke.
• OTQualitative2021Enhanced Capacity to Act: Managers' Perspectives When Participating in a Dialogue-Based Workplace Intervention for Employee Return to Work.Journal of occupational rehabilitationManagers involved in a workplace dialogue alongside group cognitive behavioral therapy in a multimodal program described building competence, adjusting work tasks, making written plans, and sharing responsibility. They saw these as useful for return-to-work conversations.