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 438 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTCase-Control2022Association between generalized joint laxity and knee joint movement in female university students.Journal of physical therapy scienceHealthy young women with generalized joint laxity showed faster tibial rotation during knee extension than those without. The difference was small and found in only 21 participants during a simple seated task, so it does not yet predict injury risk or guide clinical decisions.
• PTOther2022Investigation of absolute intra-rater and inter-rater reliabilities during the muscle hardness estimation.Journal of physical therapy scienceMuscle hardness readings changed with limb position and rater experience. Stretched muscle gave larger values than relaxed, but some expert readings were consistently off in one direction. Use the same position and avoid trusting small changes unless they are clearly larger than normal variation.
• SLPOther2022Predictive Sentence Context Reduces Listening Effort in Older Adults With and Without Hearing Loss and With High and Low Working Memory Capacity.Ear and hearingListening to sentences with predictable endings frees up mental resources for older adults, even those with hearing loss or low working memory. Clinicians should encourage communication partners to use clear, predictable context to reduce listening fatigue.
• SLPOther2022Differences in Auditory Perception Between Young and Older Adults When Controlling for Differences in Hearing Loss and Cognition.Trends in hearingNo broad evidence of age-related central auditory changes was found. Older adults' poorer non-speech auditory scores were mostly tied to hearing loss and working memory. After accounting for both, older adults scored better on several temporal tasks.
• PTOTSLPOther2022The use of Multi-Sensory Environments with autistic children: Exploring the effect of having control of sensory changes.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic children showed fewer repetitive movements and better attention when they controlled sensory equipment versus when it changed automatically. However, anxiety, social interaction, positive affect and arousal did not differ between the two conditions.
• SLPOther2022Development and psychometric evaluation of a Thai Diagnostic Autism Scale for the early diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchA Thai autism diagnostic scale using observation and parent interview matched psychiatrists' DSM-5 diagnoses in 62 children aged 12 to 48 months, missing one case and producing no false positives.
• SLPOther2022Speech recognition with a hearing-aid processing scheme combining beamforming with mask-informed speech enhancement.Trends in hearingBinaural beamforming improved speech recognition in noise more than bilateral beamforming for hearing-impaired listeners. Adding mask-informed speech enhancement to beamforming did not help and often slightly worsened performance compared to beamforming alone.
• SLPCohort2022Age and Hearing Ability Influence Selective Attention During Childhood.Ear and hearingChildren with hearing loss showed poorer selective attention than peers with normal hearing in both auditory and visual tasks. Attention improved with age for all children. The hearing loss effect was stronger in auditory tasks but persisted in visual ones, suggesting attentional difficulties extend beyond hearing.
• PTOther2022Functional outcomes of cancer patients in an acute inpatient setting at King Fahad Medical City.Journal of physical therapy scienceMobility and quality-of-life scores rose from admission to discharge among 99 hospitalized adults receiving standard inpatient physical therapy. Without a control group, the paper cannot show therapy caused the change.
• Cohort2022Incidence of paediatric multiple sclerosis and other acquired demyelinating syndromes: 10-year follow-up surveillance study.Developmental medicine and child neurologyMost children with a first demyelinating episode never relapsed. Of those who did, almost all met 2017 diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis at presentation. Autoantibody testing was inconsistent, missing many cases, and five initial diagnoses were later corrected to other conditions.
• SLPOther2022The Relationship Between Impedance, Programming and Word Recognition in a Large Clinical Dataset of Cochlear Implant Recipients.Trends in hearingIn adults with cochlear implants, uneven electrical resistance at the base of the implant predicted poorer word recognition, while age and experience did too. Current steering strategies offered no word recognition advantage over standard processing.
• SLPQualitative2021Finding Goal Focus With People With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in a Person-Centered Multi-Component Community Connection Program (M-ComConnect).Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesClinicians used curiosity, respect, humor, choice, reframing, suggestions and negotiation to find personally meaningful social activity goals with ten adults with severe TBI. Themes describe process, not tested efficacy.
• PTRCT2021A Comparison of Physical Activity Between Home-Based and Centre-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Randomised Controlled Secondary Analysis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesHome-based pulmonary rehab using a manual led to more daily steps and moderate activity than centre-based rehab at 7 weeks, but both groups returned to baseline activity by 6 months.
• PTOTSystematic Review2021Effectiveness of Self-Monitoring Approach Using Fitness Trackers to Improve Walking Ability in Rehabilitation Settings: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAdding fitness trackers to usual rehabilitation showed little to no improvement in walking ability across most conditions. Stable COPD patients saw a small increase in walking distance that was still below the threshold for clinical importance. Trackers alone are not a fix for gait deficits.
• PTOther2021Quantitative Assessment of Clinician Assistance During Dynamic Rehabilitation Using Force Sensitive Resistors.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesForce sensors at the knee tracked when and how long clinicians assisted treadmill stepping, but not how hard they pushed. In two people with complete spinal cord injury, knee contact time was shorter during body-weight-supported training with hands-on cueing and epidural stimulation.
• PTOTSystematic Review2021What Is Intensity and How Can It Benefit Exercise Intervention in People With Stroke? A Rapid Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesHigh-intensity exercise appears safe for people with stroke, with no adverse events reported in the studies reviewed. However, there is no agreed definition of intensity, and most studies measured body changes rather than how much people could actually do in daily life.
• PTOTSLPCase Series2021De novo variants in CACNA1E found in patients with intellectual disability, developmental regression and social cognition deficit but no seizures.Molecular autismSeven patients with de novo CACNA1E variants presented with global developmental delay, speech delays, and social deficits, but lacked the severe epilepsy and motor impairments seen in larger cohorts. One patient showed improved sleep and bladder control after topiramate treatment.
• PTOTOther2021Relating Global Cognition With Upper-Extremity Motor Skill Retention in Individuals With Mild-to-Moderate Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesHigher scores on a five-minute cognitive screen predicted better retention of an upper-extremity motor task nine days later in people with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease. This held true regardless of whether they took their dopamine medication during training.
• SLPPilot2021Investigating the Associations Between Child Autistic Symptoms, Socioeconomic Context, and Family Life: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn 50 families of newly diagnosed autistic children, higher symptom frequency predicted worse family life. Surprisingly, parents with university degrees reported worse family life than those with less education, even after accounting for income and symptoms.
• OTSLPQualitative2021Optimizing Evaluation of Older Adults With Vision and/or Hearing Loss Using the interRAI Community Health Assessment and Deafblind Supplement.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAssessing older adults with vision or hearing loss can miss real-world difficulty if based on one ability or a quiet interview. Ask about distance vision, multiple sounds, noisy settings, preferred communication, and night mobility before scoring.
• PTOTNarrative Review2021Klotho: An Emerging Factor With Ergogenic Potential.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesThis review links low Klotho protein levels to muscle weakness and poor physical function in aging and kidney disease. It suggests exercise may raise Klotho levels, but human evidence is observational. No therapy is proven to improve patient outcomes yet.
• PTOTSLPRCT2022Home training with or without joint mobilization compared to no treatment: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceHome training with or without joint mobilization did not improve overall shoulder function significantly more than no treatment over 6 months. However, both active groups reported significantly less pain during movement compared to the reference group, with the mobilization group showing the most pain reduction.
• Cohort2022Dissecting the heterogeneous subcortical brain volume of autism spectrum disorder using community detection.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchBrain structure in autism does not split into distinct subtypes. Instead, people with and without autism fall into the same four groups based on subcortical volume patterns. These groups, not the diagnosis itself, explain most variation in brain size.
• PTSystematic Review2022Exploring chronic disease prevalence in people with intellectual disabilities in primary care settings: A scoping review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDChronic disease prevalence in people with intellectual disabilities varied widely across primary care studies. Diabetes was often higher, heart disease and COPD often lower, but patterns changed with country, age, data type and how intellectual disabilities were identified.
• SLPOther2022Parameter-Specific Morphing Reveals Contributions of Timbre to the Perception of Vocal Emotions in Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingCochlear implant users rely more on timbre than pitch to recognize emotions, unlike normal-hearing listeners. High-performing implant users use timbre as well as normal-hearing people do. Better emotion recognition correlates with higher quality of life.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Neurodevelopmental profile of HIVEP2-related disorder.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with HIVEP2-related disorder had mild adaptive impairment on average, severe social behavior problems even without autism, and clinically significant emotional and behavioral difficulties.
• PTCase Report2022Is the cervical lordosis a key biomechanical biomarker in cervicogenic headache?: a Chiropractic Biophysics® case report with follow-up.Journal of physical therapy scienceOne woman with chronic cervicogenic headache reported a 90% drop in headache severity and frequency after 25 chiropractic sessions. Her neck curve changed from kyphosis to lordosis, and she maintained these gains at 2.5 years. This is a single case, not proof of efficacy.
• OTSurvey2022Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Youth with Autism: High Prevalence and Impact on Functioning.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPCaregivers reported that children with autism had more emotional and behavioral problems and more daily-life impairment than children with asthma or no condition. Behavior problems contributed to impairment about as much as autism symptoms.
• OTOther2022Regularity and Timing of Sleep Patterns and Behavioral Health Among Adolescents.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPLess regular sleep tracked with more rule-breaking and aggression on teen and parent reports, and poorer school, activity, and social functioning. Later sleep timing tracked with more self-reported anxiety, depression, or physical complaints. These are links, not proof of cause.
• SLPOther2022Psychometric Properties of the English-Spanish Vocabulary Inventory in Toddlers With and Without Early Language Delay.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRThe English-Spanish Vocabulary Inventory captures more cross-language words than separate monolingual lists without taking longer to complete. Parents found it easy to use, and scores matched children's actual speech samples and standardized tests. It helps clinicians see the full picture of a bilingual toddler's vocabulary.
• OTCohort2022Diet quality among people with intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDPeople with intellectual disabilities scored 30 points lower on diet quality than controls. Men and those with mild disabilities or borderline functioning had the poorest diets. Staff support alone may not fix this; structural changes in care are needed.
• SLPOther2022Neural Adaptation of the Electrically Stimulated Auditory Nerve Is Not Affected by Advanced Age in Postlingually Deafened, Middle-aged, and Elderly Adult Cochlear Implant Users.Ear and hearingNeural adaptation of the auditory nerve in cochlear implant users does not decline with advanced age. While higher pulse rates and longer stimulation durations caused greater adaptation, age showed no significant association with either the amount or speed of this neural response.
• SLPCohort2022Anthropometric orofacial measures of newborns and their relationship with sex, weight and height.CoDASNewborn face measurements did not differ by sex or height, but the distance from the outer eye corner to the mouth corners was longer in heavier babies. These are reference values, not a diagnostic test.
• SLPOther2022Development and norming of the Hungarian CDI-III: A screening tool for language delay.International journal of language & communication disordersThe Hungarian CDI-III is a reliable parent-report screening tool for language delay in children aged 30 to 50 months. It identifies potential delays using cut-off scores for vocabulary, sentences, and language use. It does not yet have proven classification accuracy against clinical diagnoses.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Can YouTube be used as an educational tool in lymphedema rehabilitation?Archives of physiotherapyMost YouTube videos on lymphedema rehabilitation were low quality, with poor sourcing and missing safety information. Educational videos for professionals and those from universities scored higher than patient videos or manufacturer ads, but overall reliability remained insufficient for safe self-guidance.
• SLPOther2022Notebook of experiences: a therapeutic resource in educational audiology.CoDASA Portuguese translation of a guide for creating 'experience notebooks' with children who have hearing loss was rated easy to read and highly useful by 18 professionals. The material helps families document daily life to support language therapy.
• PTOther2022The effect of stretching exercises on the fibre angle of the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis oblique: an ultrasound study.Journal of physical therapy scienceA seven-week stretching program significantly reduced muscle fibre angles in both the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis. Because both muscles changed by a similar amount, stretching may reduce overall quadriceps tone without correcting an existing imbalance between them.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022The Neck Disability Index Reflects Allodynia and Headache Disability but Not Cervical Musculoskeletal Dysfunction in Migraine.Physical therapyIn people with migraine and neck pain, Neck Disability Index scores tracked allodynia and headache impact, not cervical musculoskeletal dysfunction. Shortened NDI versions also failed to reflect physical neck limitations, suggesting scores capture migraine features rather than local neck mechanics.
• PTPilot2022Acute effects of axial loading on postural control during walking and turning in people with multiple sclerosis: A pilot study.Gait & postureWeighted vests did not change gait in the main analysis. People with MS and controls walked faster in some vest trials, and some changes remained after removal. The pattern may reflect practice or attention.
• OTSLPOther2022Sensory profile of children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD).CoDASCaregiver reports did not distinguish children with CAPD from children with typical auditory processing. A moderate visual sensory difference appeared, but the groups were not separated.
• SLPCohort2021Effect of an Intensified Combined Electromyography and Visual Feedback Training on Facial Grading in Patients With Post-paralytic Facial Synkinesis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesTen days of intensive EMG and visual feedback training improved facial symmetry and reduced synkinesis in 54 patients. Gains held stable at six-month follow-up, but the lack of a control group means natural recovery cannot be ruled out.
• SLPOther2021Applied Behavior Analysis as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Topic Modeling and Linguistic Analysis of Reddit Posts.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesOnline discussions about ABA therapy focus on personal experiences and opinions rather than research evidence. Parents ask questions, while autistic adults and professionals share more emotional and social perspectives. Clinicians should expect families to bring these subjective narratives, not data, to appointments.
• PTOTSLPCohort2021Relationship Between Cognition and Gait at 2- and 12-Months Post-Traumatic Brain Injury.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesSlower performance on a cognitive sorting test at 2 months predicted slower maximum walking speed and less stable step timing at 12 months. However, the statistical models explained very little of the variation, so early cognitive scores cannot reliably predict an individual patient's long-term walking recovery.
• PTOTCase-Control2021Characterizing Cycling Smoothness and Rhythm in Children With and Without Cerebral Palsy.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesChildren with cerebral palsy cycled with significantly less smoothness and rhythm than typically developing peers. New measures can quantify these movement quality deficits, helping therapists identify compensatory patterns and target specific motor control issues during recumbent cycling training.
• SLPOther2021Does Right-Hemispheric Anodal tDCS Enhance the Impact of Script Training in Chronic Aphasia? A Single-Subject Experimental Study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesScript training alone helped a man with severe aphasia master two conversations. Adding right-brain electrical stimulation did not improve his accuracy or speed compared to the sham treatment. The training itself was effective, but the brain stimulation provided no extra benefit.
• SLPOther2021The FMR1 Premutation Phenotype and Mother-Youth Synchrony in Fragile X Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesMothers of sons with fragile X syndrome who had more severe pragmatic language difficulties showed lower-quality coordinated play interactions. Maternal anxiety, depression, and verbal inhibition were not linked to synchrony.
• PTCohort2022Effects of assigning physical therapists exclusively to the acute-phase stroke patient ward.Journal of physical therapy scienceLength of stay did not clearly change. A stroke ward model with dedicated PTs, early assessment, physician consultation, exercise instruction, and weekly conferences was linked to faster rehab start and greater daily-function improvement.
• OTOther2022Evaluating commercially available wireless cardiovascular monitors for measuring and transmitting real-time physiological responses in children with autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 55 children, two inexpensive heart-rate monitors stayed on and recorded usable data during rest and stress. They showed higher heart rate and lower variability under stress. This is device testing, not treatment evidence.
• SLPOther2022Association between clinical evaluation and self perception of deglutition with motor disability scale in patients with multiple sclerosis.CoDASHigher motor disability scores were linked to more swallowing complaints and worse swallowing on clinical assessment in adults with multiple sclerosis. This supports screening, not proof that disability causes swallowing problems.
• SLPOther2022Updating sentences lists for assessment speech perception.CoDASReviewers identified predictability as the main reason to modify Brazilian Portuguese sentences for speech tests. The updated lists were tested on three normal-hearing adults, who scored nearly perfect. This is a tool development study, not evidence of clinical effectiveness.