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 422 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPCohort2022Relations Between the McGurk Effect, Social and Communication Skill, and Autistic Features in Children with and without Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism who perceived the McGurk illusion more strongly had better expressive communication skills. This link was not found in children without autism. The study did not show that training this perception improves speech.
• PTOTSurvey2022Patient engagement in cosmetic designing of prostheses: current practice and potential outcome benefits.Prosthetics and orthotics internationalMost prosthetists offer cosmetic design choices, and patients who are given these options report feeling more empowered by their prosthesis. This empowerment correlates with higher satisfaction and more consistent wear time, suggesting that involving patients in aesthetic decisions supports engagement with the device.
• SLPSystematic Review2022Assessment of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on Machine Learning and Social Visual Attention: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disordersEye-tracking combined with machine learning correctly separated autistic children from typical peers in 11 studies, with accuracies ranging from 60% to 98%. These tools are not yet validated for clinical use, so they cannot replace current diagnostic assessments.
• Systematic Review2022Prosthetic embodiment: systematic review on definitions, measures, and experimental paradigms.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe term “embodiment” lacks a shared definition in prosthetics research, with 34 of 120 articles using it without defining it. The review recommends measuring “ownership” and “agency” instead, as these are specific, testable experiences that avoid vague comparisons between studies.
• SLPOther2022First-language influence on second language speech perception depends on task demands.Language and speechSpanish-English bilinguals process English words with initial 's' clusters more slowly when asked to explicitly judge the sounds or words. This L1 interference disappears in simple same/different tasks, suggesting the conflict is triggered by high-demand listening tasks rather than automatic perception.
• PTOTOther2022A novel tablet-based application for assessment of manual dexterity and its components: a reliability and validity study in healthy subjects.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn healthy adults, a 20-minute tablet app gave repeatable scores for finger recognition, rhythm, sequences and line tracking, but not for unwanted finger movements. It detected age-related slowing, yet did not match Box and Block or Moberg pick-up.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2022Dynamic Standing Exercise using the Innowalk Device in Patients with Genetic and Acquired Motor Impairments.Journal of rehabilitation medicineIn 46 patients with severe motor impairments, Innowalk dynamic standing was linked to reported improvements in joint mobility, body stability, and bowel function. No adverse effects were recorded. However, with no control group, these benefits cannot be separated from standard therapy.
• SLPOther2022Autistic children's language imitation shows reduced sensitivity to ostracism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersOstracism did not make autistic children copy a partner's disfavored word choices more. They copied them overall, but ostracised and included children showed the same amount of alignment (51%). This is laboratory language imitation, not therapy evidence.
• SLPOther2022Patient-Reported Dysphagia in Adults with Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Translation and Validation of the Swedish Eosinophilic Esophagitis Activity Index.DysphagiaThe Swedish EEsAI reliably measures symptom severity in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis. It clearly separated patients from healthy controls, with patients scoring much higher. The electronic version is recommended over paper to avoid confusion about which questions to answer.
• SLPCohort2022Severe headache trajectory following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: the association with lower sodium levels.Brain injuryMost aneurysm patients had stable severe headache. Those with persistent severe pain were younger and had slightly lower morning sodium levels than those with mild pain. Sodium levels may signal pain severity but do not prove low sodium causes the headache.
• PTCohort2022Fear of Reinjury Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Manifested in Muscle Activation Patterns of Single-Leg Side-Hop Landings.Physical therapyPeople with high fear of re-injury after ACL reconstruction showed stiffer muscle activation during single-leg side-hop landings. They did not show different joint angles or worse self-reported knee function compared to those with low fear. This suggests fear alters how muscles stabilize the knee, not how the joint moves.
• PTOTOther2022Mind your step: Target walking task reveals gait disturbance in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPeople with incomplete spinal cord injury could step onto moving targets but moved their body center less smoothly than controls. Their ability to adapt worsened with higher injury levels, linking this lab task to real-world walking limitations.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Substance use and misuse patterns and disability status in the 2020 US National Alcohol Survey: A contributing role for chronic pain.Disability and health journalAdults with disabilities were less likely to drink but more likely to misuse prescription drugs and use nicotine daily. Chronic pain accounted for 17–38% of the link between disability and substance use, suggesting unmanaged pain drives self-medication rather than disability itself.
• PTRCT2021Pulsed high-intensity laser therapy versus low level laser therapy in the management of primary dysmenorrhea.Journal of physical therapy scienceBoth high-intensity and low-level laser therapies significantly reduced menstrual pain in young women, but neither was superior to the other. Pain scores dropped in both groups, with no significant difference in pain relief or severity between the two laser types.
• PTSurvey2021Reported practices related to, and capability to provide, first-line knee osteoarthritis treatments: a survey of 1064 Australian physical therapists.Brazilian journal of physical therapyOnly 11% of surveyed Australian physical therapists could name an accepted knee osteoarthritis guideline. Most reported providing strength exercise and education, but weight management discussion was less frequent than belief in its evidence.
• SLPOther2021Feasibility of community health workers as teleaudiology patient-site facilitators: a multilevel training study.International journal of audiologyCommunity health workers completed a 12-hour training to assist with remote hearing aid fittings. All three facilitators passed hands-on skills checks. The study shows the training is feasible for this specific group, but does not prove it improves patient care.
• SLPCohort2021Self-reported Dysphagia and Pharyngeal Volume Following Whiplash Injury.Dysphagia50% of 60 adults after whiplash reported swallowing problems on a questionnaire at some point in 12 months. In 31 followed over time, reports worsened, but pharyngeal volume and neck recovery were not related.
• SLPPilot2021Ultrasound: Validity of a Pocket-Sized System in the Assessment of Swallowing.DysphagiaA pocket-sized ultrasound scanner did not match videofluoroscopy for measuring how the hyoid and larynx move during swallowing in 20 healthy adults. It tracked hyoid movement during saliva swallows, but not during liquids or purees, and failed entirely for thyrohyoid approximation.
• PTCohort2021Differences in determinants affecting longitudinal change of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity due to differences in baseline among Japanese male workers.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn Japanese male workers, determinants of worsening arterial stiffness depended on baseline risk. Those with high baseline stiffness saw worsening linked to increasing visceral fat. Those with low baseline stiffness saw worsening linked to rising diastolic blood pressure and heart rate. Lifestyle factors showed no association.
• SLPOther2021Effectiveness of Chin Tuck on Laryngeal Penetration: Quantitative Assessment.DysphagiaChin tuck reduced laryngeal penetration depth on average, but a one-grade reduction occurred in only 26 of 76 patients. Confirm individual benefit before using it routinely.
• SLPCase Series2021Outcomes of Combined Antegrade-Retrograde Dilations for Radiation-Induced Esophageal Strictures in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.DysphagiaCombined antegrade-retrograde dilation restored some oral intake in 14 patients with radiation-induced esophageal strictures, but complications occurred in over a third. All complications happened in patients with complete blockages, so this high-risk procedure requires careful selection and strict follow-up.
• PTSystematic Review2021Neurologic and musculoskeletal effects of tilt-table standing on adults: a systematic review.Journal of physical therapy scienceTilt-table standing in adults with neurologic disorders did not show consistent neurologic or musculoskeletal benefits, although some studies reported small increases in ankle dorsiflexion range of motion.
• SLPOther2022Word Segmentation Cues in German Child-Directed Speech: A Corpus Analysis.Language and speechGerman child-directed speech relies heavily on word-initial stress and short, frequent function words. Transitional probabilities between syllables also mark word boundaries, particularly in the backward direction. These cues are consistently present in the input infants receive.
• SLPOther2022Using Classical Test Theory to Determine the Psychometric Properties of the Deglutition Handicap Index.DysphagiaThe DHI should be scored as one total, not as three separate emotional, functional and physical scores. In 453 patients and 132 controls, a cut-off of 8 helped separate people with dysphagia from healthy controls.
• SLPCase Report2022Sorry, Not Sorry: The independent role of multiple phonetic cues in signaling the difference between two word meanings.Language and speechListeners distinguished two meanings of 'sorry' above chance. Longer duration, falling pitch, and lower intensity signaled an apology, while shorter duration and rising pitch signaled 'excuse me.'
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Executive function as measured by the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2: children and adolescents with Williams syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with Williams syndrome show severe executive function deficits, particularly in cognitive regulation. Inhibit difficulties predict attention problems, while Shift difficulties predict anxiety. These parent-reported deficits are unrelated to intellectual ability but strongly linked to poor adaptive living skills.
• PTOTOther2022Physical activity and vascular comorbidity in Black and White persons with multiple sclerosis: A cross-sectional study.Disability and health journalBlack persons with MS accumulated less moderate-to-vigorous physical activity than white persons after accounting for socioeconomic and clinical differences. Moderate-to-vigorous activity correlated with fewer vascular comorbidities in white participants only. No such association was found for black participants.
• SLPCohort2022The Association of Prenatal Vitamins and Folic Acid Supplement Intake with Odds of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a High-Risk Sibling Cohort, the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI).Journal of autism and developmental disordersTaking prenatal vitamins in the first month of pregnancy did not significantly lower the odds of autism in high-risk siblings. The study was too small to rule out a benefit, so clinicians should continue recommending standard prenatal care.
• PTNarrative Review2022Immuno-modulation with lifestyle behaviour change to reduce SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and COVID-19 severity: goals consistent with contemporary physiotherapy practice.PhysiotherapyThis paper argues that physiotherapists should formally teach lifestyle behaviour change skills, such as diet and exercise advice, to help patients reduce chronic inflammation. It outlines a professional role and curriculum goals but reports no evidence that these interventions improved patient outcomes in this study.
• PTSurvey2022A survey on the influence of CYBATHLON on the development and acceptance of advanced assistive technologies.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOnly a quarter of pilots use their competition assistive device in daily life, despite high reported satisfaction. Main barriers are lack of access, cost, and comfort rather than the device failing to work. Technical leads rated usability lower than the users themselves.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Excess healthcare spending associated with fractures among adults with cerebral palsy.Disability and health journalAdults with cerebral palsy who fracture incur excess healthcare costs, largely in the first three months. Vertebral column fractures drove the highest costs for this group, unlike hip fractures in the general population. This highlights a critical window for post-fracture intervention.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022A national profile of substance use disorder among Medicaid enrollees on the autism spectrum or with intellectual disability.Disability and health journalSubstance use disorder prevalence rose fastest among Medicaid enrollees with autism between 2008 and 2012. Depression doubled the risk of substance use disorder across all groups. Cannabis was the most common substance for those with autism, while alcohol dominated for those with intellectual disability.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Greater Cognitive-Motor Interference in Individuals Post-Stroke During More Complex Motor Tasks.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTPeople post-stroke slowed down significantly more than healthy adults during a dual-task Timed Up-and-Go, but their counting accuracy stayed stable. Healthy adults slowed down less but made more counting errors. The complex TUG reveals motor interference in stroke without cognitive cost.
• SLPQualitative2022Motherhood: Female Perspectives and Experiences of Being a Parent with ASC.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMothers with autism described routine and structure as a parenting strength, but found social interactions and sensory overload exhausting. They reported that generic parenting advice often failed them, highlighting a need for support that accommodates their specific sensory and social needs.
• PTOTSLPPilot2022Perceptions of function and recovery among persons with stroke and care partners.Rehabilitation psychologyMost stroke survivors rated their recovery higher than their partners did, and partners often viewed daily tasks as harder for them. These gaps were linked to higher caregiver strain and depression. Screening both partners' perceptions helps identify couples at risk.
• SLPOther2022Voice and Emphasis in Arabic Coronal Stops: Evidence for Phonological Compensation.Language and speechListeners identifying ambiguous Arabic stops relied on learned phonological patterns rather than just acoustic cues. When timing signals were unclear, they defaulted to the emphatic category. This suggests perception uses language-specific expectations to resolve ambiguity, not just raw sound data.
• SLPOther2021Efferent unmasking of speech-in-noise encoding?International journal of audiologyAdding noise to the opposite ear did not improve brainstem responses when speech was masked in the same ear in 18 normal-hearing adults, and reflex measures were not associated with recovery.
• SLPCase Report2021Treatment generalization from trained /ɹ/ to untrained /l/: a case study of persisting distortion errors.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsTreating one child's /ɹ/ distortion with ultrasound biofeedback also improved his untrained /l/ errors. The child had a hidden acoustic difference between the two sounds before treatment, suggesting generalization may occur when this covert contrast exists.
• PTPilot2021Feasibility and benefits of a structured prehabilitation programme prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with myeloma; a prospective feasibility study.PhysiotherapyBefore stem cell transplant, myeloma patients completed a supervised exercise programme and walked farther at follow-up. The programme was acceptable and had no serious adverse events, but too few stayed in the study to confirm a larger trial is ready.
• SLPOther2021Subclinical Auditory Dysfunction: Relationship Between Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions and the Audiogram.American journal of audiologyDistortion product otoacoustic emissions did not reliably predict pure tone thresholds in people with clinically normal hearing. Adding DPOAE data to a statistical model improved prediction accuracy by only 0.4 to 2.1 dB compared to using average thresholds alone.
• PTOTOther2021A demand-capacity mismatch between rehabilitation need and service provision as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? Early clinical observations from a large teaching hospital in London.PhysiotherapyTherapists predicted far more patients needed bedded rehabilitation or institutional care than national discharge plans expected. For COVID-19 patients, 23% were predicted to need these resources, compared to the 5% assumed in national guidance.
• SLPOther2021Vowel errors produced by preschool-age children on a single-word test of articulation.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsPreschoolers with speech sound disorder produced fewer vowel errors than consonant errors, but their vowel accuracy dropped sharply on unstressed syllables. Vowel errors correlated with inconsistent consonant production, suggesting that transcribing vowels during assessment may reveal gaps in a child’s underlying speech patterns.
• PTOther2021Proximal humeral coordinate systems can predict humerothoracic and glenohumeral kinematics of a full bone system.Gait & postureShoulder motion measured from proximal-only scans can be translated into whole-bone shoulder coordinates with small errors for arm elevation and the plane of arm elevation. Axial rotation was less reliable.
• PTCohort2021Genetic testing in individuals with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyWhole-exome sequencing found no significant difference in genetic diagnosis rates between people with CP and known risk factors (10/122; 8.20%) and those without (4/28; 14.3%). Trio testing had a higher diagnostic yield.
• SLPCohort2021Early concerns in parents of infants at risk for autism.Developmental medicine and child neurologyParents of infants with older autistic siblings reported significantly more developmental concerns than low-risk parents starting at 6 months. By 12 months, high-risk parents whose infants were later classified as atypically developing reported more speech, social, and repetitive behavior concerns than those whose infants developed typically. This suggests parent reports at 12 months may flag risk earlier than standard screening ages.
• PTOther2021Motor slacking during resisted treadmill walking: Can visual feedback of kinematics reduce this behavior?Gait & postureDuring resisted treadmill walking, knee angle dropped 17.0 degrees without feedback. Visual feedback kept knee angle near baseline, raised muscle activity compared with no feedback, and produced larger changes that carried over.
• PTOTSurvey2021Changes in movement behaviors and back pain during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.Brazilian journal of physical therapyDuring quarantine, adults who stopped exercising were nearly three times as likely to report worsening back pain compared to those who stayed active. Consistently inactive people and those using computers or tablets heavily were also more likely to develop or experience increased back pain.
• SLPQualitative2022Using formative research to develop HEARTS: A curriculum-based healthy relationships promoting intervention for individuals on the autism spectrum.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic young adults described struggling to stay motivated to maintain friendships, overcome anxiety from past rejections, take emotional risks, ensure reciprocity, and set boundaries. These five themes directly shaped the content of the new HEARTS curriculum.
• SLPSurvey2022Management of Dysphagia in Nursing Homes: A National Survey.DysphagiaResidents were not routinely screened for swallowing problems in 75% of Norwegian nursing homes, yet almost all modified food and liquid textures. Oral hygiene after meals was rare, and nearly half lacked access to speech therapists.
• PTOTCohort2022Utilization of Mid-Thigh Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Predict Lean Body Mass and Knee Extensor Strength in Obese Adults.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesA machine learning tool accurately measured thigh muscle size from existing MRI scans in 47 obese adults. These measurements strongly predicted lean body mass and knee strength, offering a way to assess physical function without new radiation exposure.