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 450 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2022The Influence of Phototherapy on Recovery From Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage.International journal of sports physical therapyPhototherapy did not improve vertical jump, agility, or overall lower-body soreness after repeated sprints. It did lower calf soreness on an algometer measure, but the practical value is unclear.
• PTOTNarrative Review2022Home-Based Tele-Exercise in Musculoskeletal Conditions and Chronic Disease: A Literature Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesHome-based tele-exercise often matches clinic-based rehab for joint replacements and cardiac recovery, and can cut costs. But results vary for stroke and multiple sclerosis, and gains often fade without long-term follow-up. Supervision level does not consistently predict success.
• PTSLPNarrative Review2022Who benefits from diagnostic labels for developmental disorders?Developmental medicine and child neurologyDiagnostic labels for ADHD and autism help patients understand their struggles and access services, but can also cause stigma and self-fulfilling expectations. Clinicians should weigh these benefits against harms for each patient rather than assuming labels are purely helpful or harmful.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2022Reconciling communication repertoires: navigating interactions involving persons with severe/profound intellectual disability, a classic grounded theory study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRInteractions often continue without understanding to nurture belonging. Partners adjust their communication style to match the person's repertoire. Routine activities and predictable conversations are most effective. Subtle hints or multi-messaging cause confusion. Effort and time constraints frequently limit interaction frequency.
• PTOTQualitative2022Empowerment, Communication, and Navigating Care: The Experience of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury From Acute Hospitalization to Inpatient Rehabilitation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPatients with spinal cord injury reported needing to advocate aggressively for their own care and education. They found hospital staff often lacked empathy or specialized knowledge, leaving them unprepared for discharge and forcing them to rely on family and peers to navigate community resources.
• PTOTOther2022Effect of Haptic Training During Manual Wheelchair Propulsion on Shoulder Joint Reaction Moments.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesHaptic training raised pushrim force effectiveness but also increased shoulder joint loads. The absolute rise was small, under 10% of maximum effort. Short-term use appears safe, but long-term injury risk remains unknown.
• PTCohort2022Medical complications in children with achondroplasia.Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn 108 Australian children with achondroplasia, craniocervical stenosis, sleep-disordered breathing, and hearing impairment were common, often before age 4 years. Orthopaedic complications and obesity occurred later, but later childhood data were thinner.
• SLPOther2022Hearing-Aid Directionality Improves Neural Speech Tracking in Older Hearing-Impaired Listeners.Trends in hearingIn 11 older hearing-impaired adults, directional hearing-aid processing, with amplification in both aided conditions, made the brain's tracking of a target speaker clearer in noise and improved question answering. It did not lower self-rated listening effort compared with omni-directional amplification.
• SLPCohort2022Challenging behaviour in students with intellectual disabilities: the role of individual and classmates' communication skills.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRStudents with better individual communication skills showed less challenging behaviour over the school year. Classroom peers' skills did not buffer this link, but higher classroom communication skills predicted better individual skills, which in turn reduced challenging behaviour.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental correlates of moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time in adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRAdolescents with intellectual disabilities matched their parents' activity levels. For every 10 minutes a parent moved, the teen achieved about 6 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity. This link was strongest in teens with Down syndrome or autism, suggesting family-based movement is key.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022The Problem of Recurrent Injuries in Collegiate Track and Field.International journal of sports physical therapyCollegiate track and field athletes missed 50% more time from sport after a recurrent injury than after a first-time injury. This held true regardless of sex or diagnosis. Jumpers had a lower proportion of recurrent injuries than runners or throwers.
• SLPOther2022Effects of Hearing Loss on Interaural Time Difference Sensitivity at Low and High Frequencies.Trends in hearingHearing loss reduced sensitivity to timing differences between ears similarly at low and high frequencies. However, older adults with severe low-frequency loss failed the task at low frequencies, while their high-frequency performance remained relatively preserved.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2022The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on worry and medical disruptions reported by individuals with chromosome 22q11.2 copy number variants and their caregivers.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRCaregivers and patients with 22q11.2 syndromes reported widespread medical care disruptions, with 36% saying these harms significantly affected their health. Contrary to expectations, their pandemic worry levels were similar to the general population, not higher.
• SLPNarrative Review2020Foundational Approaches to Advancing Hearing Health Equity: A Primer in Social Epidemiology.Ear and hearingHearing loss disparities are driven by social factors like racism and poverty, not just biology. Clinicians should stop treating race as a biological proxy and instead assess social determinants like access and stigma to tailor care.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2022Toward a digital citizen lab for capturing data about alternative ways of self-managing chronic pain: An attitudinal user study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with chronic pain and their doctors are open to using apps to track how alternative therapies affect them. They want to share data to improve care but worry about cost, complexity, and whether computers can truly understand their pain.
• PTOTSLPCohort2022Eating and drinking ability and nutritional status in adults with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyNearly a third of adults with cerebral palsy have eating and drinking difficulties. Those needing help at meals weighed significantly less, even after adjusting for motor function. Low body weight is linked to mealtime dependence, not just physical disability.
• PTOTRCT2022The effect of median nerve mobilization on two point discrimination.Journal of physical therapy scienceMedian nerve mobilization improved two-point discrimination in the palm, but fingers improved in both the treatment and control groups. The finger gains likely reflect practice effects rather than the mobilization itself. Only the palm changes appear attributable to the nerve gliding.
• SLPOther2022The Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report American Sign Language Translation.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationDeaf students using an American Sign Language self-determination questionnaire scored similarly to students without disabilities, while students with disabilities scored lower. The questionnaire has only preliminary support.
• PTOther2022Evaluation of the tissue thickness of the supraspinatus and biceps long head tendons using ultrasound among elderly patients with unilateral adhesive capsulitis in the freezing phase.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn elderly people with freezing-phase shoulder pain and a positive shoulder test, ultrasound showed thicker supraspinatus and biceps long head tendons on the painful side than the other side. The difference was larger than in people with negative shoulder tests, suggesting possible treatment targets.
• PTOther2022Hip Adduction and Abduction Strength Profiles Among Bantam, High School, Juniors, and Collegiate American Ice Hockey Players.International journal of sports physical therapyHip strength is symmetrical across levels. Players showed no significant differences in hip adduction or abduction strength between dominant and non-dominant legs. You can assume symmetry when tracking return-to-play progressions for groin injuries.
• OTOther2022The Construction of an Action-Speech Feature-Based School Violence Recognition Algorithm and Occupational Therapy Education Model for Adolescents.Occupational therapy internationalSimulated school violence in 20 students was detected with 85.3% accuracy using waist and leg sensors. An occupational therapy education model for perpetrators and victims is proposed, but no patients were treated, so there is no evidence the therapy reduces violence or harm.
• PTCase Report2022Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Adults With Acquired Brain Injury: A Case Study Using BackUp.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesOne man with acquired brain injury showed increased depression and anxiety scores after psychological therapy, then returned to baseline at nine months. He and his team reported better self-awareness and reduced conflicts, but this single case cannot prove the therapy works.
• PTOTCase Series2022Brachial plexus birth injury and cerebral palsy lead to a common contracture phenotype characterized by reduced functional muscle length and strength.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn ten children with cerebral palsy or brachial plexus injury, affected elbows showed weak muscles that were also functionally short. This suggests contractures stem from impaired muscle growth rather than excess strength, pointing toward lengthening treatments.
• PTOTSurvey2022Caregiver assessment of quality of life in individuals with genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.Developmental medicine and child neurologyCaregiver-reported quality of life in genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies tracked days minimally disrupted by seizures, medication side effects, and diagnosis burden, not seizure frequency.
• Cohort2022Examining rural-urban disparities in perceived need for health care services among adults with disabilities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesRural adults with disabilities were more likely to say they did not need dental or mental health services than urban adults. This perceived lack of need, rather than access barriers alone, suggests public health campaigns must address community norms and expectations to improve uptake.
• SLPCohort2022Factors associated with frailty in patients with neurodegenerative diseases.CoDASPatients with neurodegenerative diseases and swallowing difficulties were significantly more likely to be frail. However, those with cognitive alterations on the MMSE were less likely to be frail, a counterintuitive finding that requires cautious interpretation.
• SLPOther2022Beamforming and Single-Microphone Noise Reduction: Effects on Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Speech Recognition of Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users.Trends in hearingBeamforming improved speech-in-noise scores for bimodal cochlear implant users, but the binaural option offered no significant advantage over the monaural one. Single-microphone noise reduction provided no benefit. Fluctuating babble noise made listening significantly harder than steady noise.
• SLPOther2022Effect of Language on Voice Quality: An Acoustic Study of Bilingual Speakers of Mandarin Chinese and English.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)Acoustic differences between Mandarin and English depend on the speaker's native language. Native Mandarin speakers showed higher jitter and shimmer in Mandarin, while native English speakers showed higher shimmer in English. Pitch varied by language only for English speakers.
• SLPOther2022Conversational adaptation in children and teens with autism: Differences in talkativeness across contexts.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAcross 98 verbally fluent children and teens, autistic participants did not lower talkativeness when a new partner acted bored and spoke less, while neurotypical peers did.
• OTQualitative2022A Case Study of Co-production Within a Mental Health Recovery College Dementia Course: Perspectives of A Person With Dementia, Their Family Supporter and Mental Health Staff.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesFour people involved in co-producing a dementia Recovery College course described it as positive, collaborative and empowering, including helping the person with dementia feel safer talking openly. It reports experiences, not proof that the course works.
• PTOther2022Clinical reliability and usability of smartphone goniometers for hip range of motion measurement.Journal of physical therapy scienceA smartphone goniometer matched a traditional tool for reliability when the same therapist measured the same hip repeatedly. It was rated easier to see and hold, but harder to align. Different therapists using it showed poor agreement, so it is not yet ready for shared patient records.
• PTOTOther2022Physical function and health-related quality of life of community-dwelling older adults with locomotive syndrome and pre-frailty.Journal of physical therapy scienceOlder adults with locomotive syndrome and pre-frailty had lower health-related quality of life and slower sit-to-stand than robust peers. Those with locomotive syndrome alone had poorer mobility test scores and slower walking, but similar quality of life.
• SLPSystematic Review2022Learning impacts on elementary education students during physical and social distancing due COVID-19.CoDASSchool closures widened learning gaps for low-income children due to lack of devices, internet, and school meals. Girls faced higher dropout risks from domestic labor and early pregnancy. No studies measured specific reading or math outcomes.
• SLPNarrative Review2020Community-Based Participatory Research and Human-Centered Design Principles to Advance Hearing Health Equity.Ear and hearingThis article introduces research methods for building equitable community partnerships in hearing science. It describes frameworks for how researchers should design studies with communities rather than just testing treatments on them. It reports no patient outcomes and offers no evidence on clinical interventions.
• SLPRCT2020Expanding Clinical Trials Designs to Extend Equitable Hearing Care.Ear and hearingThis paper reviews clinical trial designs to improve hearing care equity. It describes methods for recruiting underserved populations but reports no patient outcomes or treatment effects. There is nothing here to change clinical practice.
• SLPNarrative Review2020Evaluating Equity Through the Social Determinants of Hearing Health.Ear and hearingNo original study is reported. This narrative review maps social determinants of hearing health and suggests screening tools, but there is no tested intervention or patient outcome to change practice.
• Other2022Advancing Policy and Practice in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesThere is no clinical finding. This Medicaid policy article describes home and community-based services quality oversight and recommends changes, but reports no patient outcomes.
• SLPCase Series2022Treatment of the Linguistic and Temporal Components of Lexical Activation to Improve Word Retrieval in Aphasia.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesDelayed repetition treatment helped some people with aphasia, but only those whose word retrieval broke down specifically when they had to wait before speaking. For these patients, practicing repetition with a 5-second pause improved word access and general language scores.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2022Employers' attitude, intention, skills and barriers in relation to employment of vulnerable workers.Work (Reading, Mass.)Organizations with inclusive HR practices, government compensation usage, and social inclusion missions were far more likely to employ vulnerable workers. Small organizations showed the strongest links between these skills and actual hiring, suggesting targeted employer support is key.
• SLPPilot2022A trial of online ABRACADABRA literacy instruction with supplementary parent-led shared book reading for children with autism.Research in developmental disabilitiesOnline literacy instruction with parent-led reading did not significantly improve reading accuracy or comprehension compared to a control group. Parents reported positive experiences and perceived some child gains, but adherence to home reading tasks was inconsistent.
• PTOTOther2022Functional and Structural Brain Connectivity in Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy Compared to Age-Related Controls and in Response to Intensive Rapid-Reciprocal Leg Training.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIntensive leg training did not change brain structure or connectivity in children with bilateral cerebral palsy. Training improved speed on the device but did not improve walking speed. Small sample size and motion artifacts limit confidence in these null findings.
• SLPOther2022Binaural-cue Weighting and Training-Induced Reweighting Across Frequencies.Trends in hearingBinaural cue weighting shifts gradually from time-based to level-based cues as sound frequency rises. Training can reinforce this shift, but effects are weak and depend heavily on the specific frequency band used. This is basic science with no immediate clinical application.
• PTOTRCT2022Effect of education on physical and occupational therapists' perceptions of clinical practice guidelines and shared decision making: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceTherapists who attended a workshop combining clinical guidelines with shared decision-making reported higher confidence in evidence-based practice than those who took separate lectures. The workshop focused on using guidelines to discuss patient preferences and treatment options together.
• OTSurvey2022Association of stigmatizing attitudes with people's opinion of depression as a valid reason for sickness absence: A Swedish vignette study.Work (Reading, Mass.)Swedish adults with negative attitudes toward depression were significantly more likely to reject sickness absence for a person with mild depression. This suggests public stigma may pressure employees to stay at work, potentially delaying necessary recovery or prompting premature return-to-work decisions.
• PTOTSLPOther2022Recommending Physical Activity to Your Aging Patients? What Clinicians Need to Know to Increase Adherence From the Older Adult Perspective.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesOlder adults often reject generic exercise advice because they view aging as a barrier and lack tailored support. They prioritize social connection and autonomy over physical challenge. Clinicians should screen for individual preferences and barriers rather than just prescribing step counts or guidelines.
• PTCohort2022Analysis of the asymmetry of thoracic shape at rest: relationship with lateral thoracic deviation.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 19 healthy young men, thorax shape was naturally asymmetrical at rest. The degree of this asymmetry correlated with how far the thorax deviated sideways from the pelvis. This suggests that subtle postural deviations in the frontal plane contribute to normal thoracic asymmetry.
• PTOTQualitative2022A focus group study of therapists' views on using a novel neuroanimation virtual reality game to deliver intensive upper-limb rehabilitation early after stroke.Archives of physiotherapyTherapists found virtual reality games engaging but felt their own active presence was essential for success. They warned that without dedicated time, training, and technical support, such intensive therapy is difficult to sustain in routine practice.
• PTSurvey2022Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with spinal cord injury know about pelvic floor muscle training and want to learn more, but very few have actually done it. Most said a clinician never discussed it with them, and men were less likely to know how to access it than women.
• SLPOther2022The Effects of Hearing-Aid Amplification and Noise on Conversational Dynamics Between Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Talkers.Trends in hearingBackground noise made conversations slower, louder, more variable and more effortful. Hearing-aid amplification lowered speech level by 1.1 dB in quiet and made older hearing-impaired speakers start turns 41 ms sooner.
• SLPOther2022Revealing Perceptional and Cognitive Mechanisms in Static and Dynamic Cocktail Party Listening by Means of Error Analyses.Trends in hearingIn a three-talker listening test, older adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss made more errors than younger normal-hearing adults, especially while monitoring unpredictable talkers. Switching talkers increased errors for all groups, regardless of age or hearing.