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 486 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTSLPCase Series2023Applicability of automated tractography during acute care stroke rehabilitation.Journal of physical therapy scienceAutomated tractography in three acute stroke cases showed disrupted or blurred motor and language pathways in cases with hemiparesis or aphasia, and intact pathways in one case without those symptoms. It did not test whether this changed recovery.
• PTCase Report2023Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation effects on patients with subacute vertebral fracture: a case report using an ABAB study design.Journal of physical therapy sciencePain scores fell sharply during hospitalization with standard physical therapy, bracing, walking aids and earlier pain medication. Adding TENS to that plan coincided with higher trunk strength and longer walking distance in one patient. This cannot show TENS works.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Development of social functioning in children with cerebral palsy: A longitudinal study.Developmental medicine and child neurologyChildren with cerebral palsy who communicate effectively with familiar partners (CFCS level I) developed social skills similar to typical peers by age 12. Those with communication difficulties at unfamiliar levels (CFCS II-V) had social function significantly below age expectations. Intellectual impairment also predicted poorer social function.
• SLPCohort2023Relating Physiologic Swallowing Impairment, Functional Swallowing Ability, and Swallow-Specific Quality of Life.DysphagiaQuestionnaire scores and diet status showed only weak links to measured swallowing physiology. In this outpatient cohort, patient-reported swallowing difficulty did not reliably stand in for a videofluoroscopic swallow assessment.
• SLPCohort2023Concomitant medication use in children with autism spectrum disorder: Data from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAlmost half of school-age children with autism in this research cohort took psychotropic medication. Polypharmacy was common, affecting half of those medicated. Irritability scores were significantly higher in the medicated group, suggesting these symptoms remain challenging despite treatment.
• Cohort2023Association of maternal psychological distress with children with overweight/obesity in Ethiopia.Child: care, health and developmentMaternal psychological distress was not associated with childhood overweight or obesity after adjusting for factors like maternal BMI and income. Initial unadjusted links disappeared, suggesting distress alone is not a primary driver of weight status in this population.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2023Evaluating the Therapeutic Application of Neuromodulation in the Human Swallowing System.DysphagiaNeuromodulation techniques like rTMS, tDCS, and PES show mixed results for neurogenic dysphagia. While PES has regulatory approval in Europe and aids extubation in tracheostomized patients, most other applications remain experimental, lack standardized protocols, and are not approved for dysphagia by the FDA.
• PTOTOther2023Dealing with the heterogeneous presentations of freezing of gait: how reliable are the freezing index and heart rate for freezing detection?Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe freezing index fails to separate freezing from voluntary stops and misfires on turns. Heart rate reliably distinguishes freezing from stops across all types. Combining a simple forward-motion metric with heart rate monitoring may improve home detection of freezing in Parkinson's disease.
• PTOTPilot2022A 12-week exercise programme has a positive effect on everyday executive function in young people with Down syndrome: a pilot non-randomised controlled trial.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRMost executive function measures showed no exercise-group advantage in young people with Down syndrome, but one familiar-person rating scale reported less everyday executive dysfunction after 12 weeks of community exercise with mentor support.
• SLPOther2022Parasympathetic withdrawal indexes risk for emotion dysregulation in children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn children with autism, greater parasympathetic withdrawal during a negative-emotion challenge task was linked to more observed emotion dysregulation, alongside higher ASD symptom levels. Baseline parasympathetic tone was not linked.
• SLPQualitative2022Speech-language therapy educator reflections on the planning and implementation of education and training during the COVID-19 pandemic.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSeven speech-language pathology educators described emergency online teaching as chaotic and isolating, with training that focused on theory rather than skills. They relied on low-tech tools like WhatsApp to reach students facing data costs and power cuts, noting that clinical training suffered most without direct site access.
• SLPSurvey2022Audiologists' presbycusis and associated tinnitus counselling practices within the KwaZulu-Natal province.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsMost audiologists combine hearing aids with counselling, but few offer group sessions. Many rely on informational advice rather than adjustment counselling, partly due to training gaps. Tools are used but often lack cultural fit, and patient satisfaction is judged by clinicians rather than patients.
• SLPNarrative Review2022The impact of COVID-19 on speech-language and hearing professions in low- and middle-income countries: Challenges and opportunities explored.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSpeech-language and hearing work in low- and middle-income countries was disrupted by masks, poor connectivity, telepractice gaps, workload and policy barriers. The special issue described challenges and proposed hybrid services, not evidence that these methods improve patient outcomes.
• OTCohort2022Patterns of sleep disturbances and associations with depressive symptoms in autistic young adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 304 autistic young adults, low sleep efficiency and delayed sleep phase linked to higher depression scores. Total sleep time did not. Assess how well patients sleep and when they fall asleep, not just how many hours they get.
• SLPQualitative2022Patient's perceptions of presbycusis and associated tinnitus counselling practices within the KwaZulu-Natal province.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsSeven adults with age-related hearing loss and tinnitus liked their audiologist's kindness and one-to-one counselling. They still could not explain their diagnosis or device, and five of seven reported no lifestyle adjustment counselling.
• PTOTPilot2023Development of a compensation-aware virtual rehabilitation system for upper extremity rehabilitation in community-dwelling older adults with stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe virtual system did not beat conventional therapy on upper-limb function after three months, but both groups improved. It detected compensatory movements, though their counts did not fall.
• PTOTSurvey2023The Comparison of Psychological Barriers Between Individuals with a History of Anterior Knee Pain, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, and Healthy Individuals.International journal of sports physical therapyStudents with a history of anterior knee pain or ACL reconstruction reported significantly higher fear of movement, pain catastrophizing, and fear-avoidance beliefs than healthy peers. The two injured groups showed similar psychological barriers, suggesting these issues persist long after injury.
• PTOther2023Dopamine replacement therapy normalizes reactive step length to postural perturbations in Parkinson's disease.Gait & postureDopamine medication lengthened reactive step length in Parkinson's patients during automated treadmill perturbations, matching healthy controls. No significant medication effect appeared during manual shoulder pulls. This suggests automated perturbations may detect balance improvements that clinical tests miss.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Stakeholder perspectives on navigating the pediatric concussion experience: Exploring the needs for improved communication across the care continuum.NeuroRehabilitationStakeholders reported that communication from healthcare providers to schools is often ineffective or absent. Parents who actively advocated secured more accommodations. Schools frequently lack a designated point person, and non-athlete students receive less coordinated support than athletes.
• SLPSurvey2023Using guided credible history interviews to establish special education eligibility for students with traumatic brain injury.NeuroRehabilitationOregon educators reported that requiring medical documentation blocks special education eligibility for students with traumatic brain injury. Most supported a guided interview with parents as an alternative, which later increased identified students by 20 percent.
• SLPOther2023Potential of Rice-Flour Jelly Made from High-Amylose Rice as a Dysphagia Diet: Evaluation of Pharyngeal Residue by FEES.DysphagiaRice-flour jelly left less residue in the throat than rice-porridge during swallowing tests. It matched mashed rice-porridge in residue levels. This suggests rice-flour jelly is a safe, easier-to-prepare alternative for patients needing soft rice-based foods.
• SLPCohort2023Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life among relatives of individuals with intellectual disabilities: A longitudinal study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDRelatives of people with intellectual disabilities reported stable quality of life during the pandemic, but felt more burdened and less competent than before. Support should focus on reducing care load and building caregiving confidence, rather than assuming quality of life has dropped.
• PTOTCase Series2023Epidural stimulation restores muscle synergies by modulating neural drives in participants with sensorimotor complete spinal cord injuries.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationEpidural stimulation in six people with complete spinal cord injury reduced the number of muscle synergies to match healthy controls, indicating restored coordination. However, the left and right sides remained uncoordinated, and movement was less precise than in able-bodied individuals.
• SLPQualitative2023Exploring the social care-related quality of life outcomes of adults with intellectual disabilities through the use of Talking Mats®.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDTalking Mats helped most adults with intellectual disabilities report high satisfaction with care, especially housing and safety. Participants struggled with abstract questions about time spent in activities. The visual format allowed some to express dissatisfaction that they might otherwise have hidden.
• PTSystematic Review2023The Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Interventions for Athletes Post-Concussion: A Systematic Review.International journal of sports physical therapyPhysical therapy interventions for athletes post-concussion showed improved recovery times and reduced symptoms in half of the trials. The other four trials showed no significant difference between groups. No adverse effects were reported with early physical activity.
• PTOther2023Data-driven characterization of walking after a spinal cord injury using inertial sensors.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAnkle sensors during a six-minute walk identified four distinct gait patterns in incomplete spinal cord injury patients. Adding these sensor metrics to clinical data improved the accuracy of predicting who would improve their walking capacity in future rehab sessions from 70% to 80%.
• OTSurvey2023The experiences and attitudes of family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at different timepoints in the COVID-19 pandemic.Disability and health journalCaregivers surveyed in 2022 reported better wellbeing and self-efficacy than those in 2020, yet two-thirds still felt unsupported and half felt unable to cope. The improvement did not resolve the crisis of unmet needs. Low scores should not be read as resilience, but as survival under strain.
• PTSystematic Review2023Sex-specific differences in neuromuscular activation of the knee stabilizing muscles in adults - a systematic review.Archives of physiotherapyEvidence on sex-specific differences in knee muscle activation is contradictory. Some studies show women activate quadriceps more during landing, others find no difference or opposite effects. Do not assume a distinct neuromuscular profile for women based on current data.
• OTSurvey2022Child Media Use During COVID-19: Associations with Contextual and Social-Emotional Factors.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPChildren spent about 4 hours daily on entertainment screen media outside schoolwork. Mobile apps and games were linked to more behavioral difficulties, problematic media use, and shorter sleep, while video chat and streaming were linked to more prosocial behavior.
• Cohort2022Salivary testosterone in male and female youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: considerations of development, sex, and diagnosis.Molecular autismMorning salivary testosterone was higher in adolescents with autism than in typically developing peers, but this difference disappeared once pubertal stage was accounted for. Age and puberty were the strongest predictors of testosterone levels, not diagnosis. Testosterone showed no link to social symptom severity.
• SLPOther2022Videokymographic index of glottic function: an analysis of diagnostic accuracy.CoDASA new index using high-speed video parameters accurately distinguished women with behavioral voice disorders from those without. It achieved 76.4% sensitivity and 89.2% specificity, offering a quantitative tool to support laryngeal diagnosis in women.
• SLPCohort2022Analysis of the relationship between structural pillars in the constitution of the psychism and the emergence of a place of enunciation in babies with and without delays in language acquisition.CoDASIn 77 babies followed to 24 months, mother-infant interaction scores lined up with language signs. Babies with fewer than 18 language signs had lower scores on three mother-related indicators than babies with 18 or more signs. Paternal function alone did not separate groups.
• SLPPilot2022Home language environment in relation to language outcome in Brazilian toddlers who are hard of hearing and controls with typical hearing - a pilot study including reliability analyses of the LENA recording system.CoDASHome language counts did not differ between Brazilian toddlers with typical hearing and those who are hard of hearing. The home recording system tracked adult and child speech in Portuguese, but it counted more adult words and fewer child sounds than people did.
• SLPSurvey2022Perception of speech therapy and education students about their experiences and practices in reading and writing academic genre texts.CoDASMost speech therapy and education undergraduates reported difficulty reading and writing academic texts. Speech therapy students reported more difficulty overall, especially with language rules and personal difficulties. Education students more often cited comprehension.
• SLPCohort2022Spoken language comprehension in children and adults with Angelman Syndrome.Journal of communication disordersChildren and adults with Angelman Syndrome understood common nouns when tested with eye tracking, despite limited speech. They looked at the named picture significantly more than the distractor. However, their gaze shifted to the target about 300 milliseconds slower than typically developing children.
• SLPOther2022Delayed Lexical Access and Cascading Effects on Spreading Semantic Activation During Spoken Word Recognition in Children With Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants: Evidence From Eye-Tracking.Ear and hearingChildren with hearing aids or cochlear implants recognized spoken words more slowly than peers with normal hearing, even when accuracy was high. Their delayed word meaning appeared to come from slow word access, not a separate meaning problem.
• SLPOther2022Coping-resilience profiles and experiences of stress in autistic adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults with low resilience and high disengagement coping reported significantly higher general perceived stress than those with high resilience and engagement coping. This suggests targeting resilience and reducing avoidance may help manage stress, though the cross-sectional design cannot prove causality.
• SLPCohort2022Impacts of self-reported communication perception and shyness on the public speaking assessment of university students.CoDASStudents who saw themselves as good communicators scored 17 points higher on a public speaking comfort scale than those who did not. Those who were very shy scored 16 points lower than non-shy peers. Self-perception of communication and shyness strongly tracked with comfort in public speaking.
• SLPCohort2022Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn children with ASD, no direct link existed between baseline heart rate variability and sleep problems. However, those with both high baseline capacity and high stress withdrawal showed fewer sleep issues. Older age also predicted better sleep. This suggests physiological resilience rather than simple arousal drives sleep quality.
• Cohort2022Associations between accelerated parental biologic age, autism spectrum disorder, social traits, and developmental and cognitive outcomes in their children.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn high-risk families, mothers biologically older than their chronological age had children with lower cognitive scores at 12 months. Paternal biological aging showed no clear link to child autism risk or development. These associations were weak, inconsistent across measurement methods, and did not hold for all outcomes.
• OTQualitative2023People with intellectual disability and employment sustainability: A qualitative interview study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDEmployment sustainability for people with intellectual disability relied on varied work experiences, positive workplace relationships, balanced expectations, flexible employers, and wage subsidies. Some remained employed only due to a lack of viable alternatives.
• PTSurvey2023Survey on Knowledge, Use, and Diagnostic Applicability of Special Tests for Rotator Cuff Involvement in Clinical Practice.International journal of sports physical therapyMost PTs know and use empty can and full can tests, but rank infraspinatus, champagne toast, ERLS, and belly-off as most useful for diagnosis. No test was top in all three areas. Experience or specialization did not change test knowledge or use.
• PTNarrative Review2023MSK Ultrasound - An IJSPT Perspective.International journal of sports physical therapyThis article describes how musculoskeletal ultrasound can be used in physical therapy for diagnosis, biofeedback, and guiding interventions. It reviews existing concepts and training requirements but presents no new clinical evidence or patient outcomes.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Wearable accelerometers for measuring and monitoring the motor behaviour of infants with brain damage during CareToy-Revised training.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationWearable arm and trunk sensors recorded movement in 17 infants with brain damage during a home training programme. Sensor readings tracked AIMS and IMP total scores, but not IMP fluency. The sample was too small to validate any clinical tool.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023A Prospective, Longitudinal and Exploratory Study of Head and Neck Lymphoedema and Dysphagia Following Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer.DysphagiaHead and neck lymphoedema persists in all patients one year after chemoradiotherapy, though it shifts from external to internal. Higher severity and more widespread internal swelling are strongly linked to worse swallowing safety, diet restrictions, and patient-reported difficulty eating solids.
• OTRCT2023Traumatic Brain Injury Positive Strategies for Families: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Parent-Training Program.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationCaregivers using the online TIPS program learned more strategies than those using a standard website, but they did not apply them better or report improved family quality of life. The program was highly rated and feasible, but it did not yet change patient or family outcomes.
• PTQualitative2023Codevelopment of an illustration representative of people living with spina bifida for health educational materials.Disability and health journalStakeholders with spina bifida rejected generic illustrations in favor of realistic assistive devices, diverse body types, and characters showing invisible disabilities. They emphasized depicting people as happy, strong, and engaged in hobbies to combat negative media stereotypes.
• PTOther2023The Need To Change Return to Play Testing in Athletes Following ACL Injury: A Theoretical Model.International journal of sports physical therapyThis paper proposes a theoretical model for return-to-play testing after ACL injury, focusing on reactive and neurocognitive tasks. It does not report any patient data or outcomes, so there is no evidence here to change your practice.
• PTCase Report2023Novel Orthobiologic Preparation and Regenerative Rehabilitation of a Complex Shoulder Injury in a Competitive Adolescent Female Athlete.International journal of sports physical therapyOne adolescent wrestler with a complex shoulder injury returned to painless sport after a staged protocol combining blood flow restriction, PRP, prolotherapy, dry needling, and collagen supplementation. Because multiple treatments were given together, the contribution of any single component cannot be separated.
• PTCase Report2023Therapeutic hypothermia as a neuroprotective strategy in newborns with perinatal asphyxia-case report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesTwo newborns with birth asphyxia who received cooling therapy showed typical motor development and no neurological sequelae at follow-up. Because this is only two cases, it does not prove cooling works, but it illustrates how to monitor high-risk infants for early motor delays.