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 496 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOTSLPSurvey2023U.S. Population Data on Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Hearing-Aid Use in Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2018.Trends in hearingSelf-reported trouble hearing is common, affecting 18.5% of men and 13.1% of women, yet only about 20% to 25% of these adults have ever used hearing aids. This leaves roughly 80% of those with perceived hearing loss with unmet needs.
• OTSurvey2023Exploring the patient experience of telehealth hand therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand TherapistsHand therapy patients who had video telehealth appointments mostly said the model was convenient and worth continuing. They valued fitting therapy around commitments and avoiding travel, but some missed hands-on care.
• PTSurvey2023The significance of information and communication technology education via tablets in college of physical therapy.Journal of physical therapy scienceFirst-year physical therapy students reported that tablet use helped them cooperate and teach each other, but communication with teachers scored lower. This survey suggests tablets support peer learning, but cannot prove improved clinical skills.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Models of Telehealth Service Delivery in Adults With Spinal Cord Injuries: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesTelehealth and telerehabilitation services for adults with spinal cord injury showed inconsistent effectiveness. While some studies reported improved physical activity, pain, and wound care outcomes, others showed no benefit for psychosocial health or quality of life.
• PTOther2023The sitting active and prone passive lag test: a validity study in a symptomatic knee population.Journal of physical therapy scienceThe sitting active and prone passive lag test found 25 of 54 knees positive on the symptomatic side and no symptomatic knee tested negative, but five asymptomatic knees tested positive.
• PTOTCohort2023Objective quantification of responses to the clinical pull-test in people with Parkinson's disease.Gait & postureAn instrumented pull-test measured on a gait mat showed people with Parkinson's took shorter and slower backward steps than controls. These measurements correlated with motor severity scores, offering a way to track subtle balance changes before clinical scores shift.
• SLPPilot2023Comparing outcomes of ultra-low-cost hearing aids to programmable, refurbished hearing aids for adults with high frequency hearing loss in Malawi: a feasibility study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesBoth devices improved hearing similarly. Refurbished aids scored better on sound quality and dependability. LoCHAid users reported internal noise and low volume. Small sample and qualitative feedback indicate need for device refinement before efficacy conclusions.
• PTRCT2023The effect of a telehealth exercise intervention on balance in adults with Down syndrome.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDA 12-week home exercise program delivered via video call improved balance and leg strength in adults with Down syndrome. The program combined strengthening, visual-vestibular drills, and cardiovascular activity. Most participants improved enough to likely exceed measurement error, though the lack of a control group limits certainty.
• SLPOther2023Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the therapeutic intervention manual Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST) into brazilian portuguese.CoDASThe ReST speech motor disorder therapy manual is now available in Brazilian Portuguese after translation, cultural adaptation, and a two-child pilot. The pilot showed acceptance and progress, but it does not prove the method works.
• PTSurvey2023End-of-life decisions and involvement of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians in Europe.Journal of rehabilitation medicineRehabilitation physicians are involved in end-of-life decisions in most European countries where these decisions are legal, but their role varies widely. They act mainly as external specialists. In several countries where such decisions are legal, rehabilitation physicians reported no involvement at all.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Indicators of health in Down syndrome: A virtual focus group study with patients and their parents.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDParents and teens with Down syndrome defined health through movement, happiness, and social connection. Parents uniquely highlighted behavior and language as signs of health, noting that communication struggles often manifest as emotional outbursts or withdrawal rather than verbal complaints.
• Other2022Inter-individual heterogeneity of functional brain networks in children with autism spectrum disorder.Molecular autismChildren with autism split into two brain-network subtypes: one with lower connectivity, one with higher. Each subtype’s deviation from typical controls predicted different symptoms. The lower-connectivity group matched communication scores; the higher-connectivity group matched repetitive behaviour scores.
• OTSLPOther2022Personal victimization experiences of autistic and non-autistic children.Molecular autismAutistic children were 7.77 times more likely to report bullying than non-autistic peers. Counterintuitively, autistic children with fewer social difficulties reported more bullying. Boys and girls experienced similar rates, but girls cited trouble with flexibility and emotions as causes, while boys cited social interaction challenges.
• OTSurvey2022Current Status and Challenges of Support Environments for New Graduate Occupational Therapists in Japanese Hospitals: A Mixed Method Study.Occupational therapy internationalMany Japanese hospitals lack clear educational policies or completion criteria for new graduate occupational therapists. Supervisors often have less experience than required for student mentoring. Respondents identified a need for standardised guidelines, supervisor training, and hospital systems that support education without compromising clinical revenue.
• OTSLPCase-Control2022Autism spectrum disorder symptom expression in individuals with 3q29 deletion syndrome.Molecular autismPeople with 3q29 deletion and autism had similar overall social and repetitive behavior scores to non-syndromic autism, but people without autism had more social disability than typical controls. Social disability can be present without an autism diagnosis in this syndrome.
• OTCohort2023Predicting academic success of autistic students in higher education.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAdministrative data like age, secondary school grades, and application timing can predict which autistic students are at risk of dropping out. The models were more accurate for autistic students than for their peers, but overall predictive power remained low.
• OTOther2023Exercise repetition rate measured with simple sensors at home can be used to estimate Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer score after stroke.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn 41 people after stroke, how fast they reached to a target estimated arm motor scores. At home, a model using final reaching performance estimated about 70% of score differences, but unsupervised performance was less consistent.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2023Assessment by proxy of the SF-36 and WHO-DAS 2.0. A systematic review.Journal of rehabilitation medicineProxy reports on the SF-36 and WHO-DAS 2.0 match patient reports well for physical function but poorly for social and emotional domains. Use proxy data for physical status, but do not rely on it to judge a patient's mental health or social participation.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Comparing autism phenotypes in children born extremely preterm and born at term.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchChildren born extremely preterm with autism showed similar core symptoms to term-born children when observed directly. However, parents of preterm children reported fewer repetitive behaviors and stereotyped speech, a difference likely driven by lower rates of prior autism diagnosis in the preterm group.
• SLPCase-Control2023Spoken Sentence Complexity and Grammar Use in Children with CIs.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationWhen children with cochlear implants and children with typical hearing have similar scores on standard grammar and vocabulary tests, their spoken sentences look the same. They use similar sentence lengths, complexity, and error types.
• OTSLPCohort2023Psychosocial Factors Associated with Prolonged Length of Stay in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of rehabilitation medicinePatients living in communal settings before admission were 14 times more likely to stay beyond their target discharge date. Not having a driver's licence also predicted longer stays. These social factors blocked discharge logistics rather than reflecting poor rehabilitation progress.
• PTOTCase Report2023Powered knee and ankle prosthesis use with a K2 level ambulator: a case report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesA K2-level amputator learned to climb stairs reciprocally with a powered prosthesis. He reported greater confidence and safety on inclines, though he preferred his passive device for sit-to-stand transfers due to its lighter weight and better cosmesis.
• SLPCohort2023Writing Development in DHH Students: A Bimodal Bilingual Approach.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationDHH children's writing developed along the same path as hearing peers, but with a one-year delay in complexity. Sign language proficiency showed a non-significant trend toward richer descriptions, while early language access had no measurable effect.
• SLPCohort2023Longitudinal relations between autistic-like features and functional somatic symptoms in adolescence.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceA rise in autistic-like features did not predict a later rise in unexplained body symptoms, and vice versa. Still, adolescents with higher autistic-like features also reported more body symptoms.
• SLPOther2023Behavioral and cognitive-affective features of stuttering in preschool-age children: Regression and exploratory cluster analyses.Journal of fluency disordersIn preschoolers who stutter, overt speech behaviors are highly intercorrelated, but child-reported negative attitudes often lack significant links to specific behavioral measures. Cluster analysis identified a smaller subgroup with more severe behavioral and affective features.
• PTCohort2023Do Physical Therapists Practice a Behavioral Medicine Approach? A Comparison of Perceived and Observed Practice Behaviors.Physical therapyPhysical therapists in this study reported using behavioral medicine techniques far more often than independent experts observed in their actual patient consultations. A complete biopsychosocial analysis was never performed in the 139 recorded visits.
• PTOTOther2023Different muscle strategy during head/knee level of functional reaching-transporting task to decrease falling probability in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.Archives of physiotherapyPostmenopausal women with osteoporosis used more muscle activity to reach and transport objects, especially at knee level. They also had weaker leg muscles and higher fear of falling. The study did not test if this strategy prevents falls.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Measurement Properties of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale in Rehabilitation for Patients With Stroke: A Prospective Observational Study.Physical therapyThe Patient-Specific Functional Scale works well for tracking patient goals during inpatient stroke rehabilitation, even when patients have cognitive or language impairments. A change of at least 2 points indicates real improvement beyond measurement error. However, the scale becomes less useful after discharge as patients hit a ceiling.
• Protocol2023A step toward restoring hand functions in patients with multiple sclerosis-a study protocol.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesThis paper outlines a planned trial testing if learning a new finger movement task, alone or with brain stimulation, helps hand function in multiple sclerosis. No patients have been treated and no results are reported, so it cannot change clinical practice yet.
• PTProtocol2023Lifestyle interventions in comorbid mental and physical illness: A systematic review protocol.The South African journal of physiotherapyThis paper is a protocol for a future systematic review. It outlines how researchers plan to search for studies on lifestyle interventions for people with both mental and physical health conditions, but it reports no results or evidence.
• PTProtocol2023Mobile Health Pulmonary Rehabilitation Compared to a Center-Based Program for Cost-Effectiveness and Effects on Exercise Capacity, Health Status, and Quality of Life in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Physical therapyThis paper is a protocol for a future trial comparing home-based mobile health pulmonary rehabilitation to center-based programs in people with COPD. It describes the planned methods and outcomes but reports no results.
• SLPOther2023Learning a Sign Language Does Not Hinder Acquisition of a Spoken Language.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRFor deaf or hard-of-hearing children with hearing parents, learning sign language did not hinder spoken English. Higher sign language scores predicted better spoken English vocabulary. Families should not be advised to avoid sign language to protect spoken language.
• SLPCohort2022Patterns of connectome variability in autism across five functional activation tasks: findings from the LEAP project.Molecular autismAutistic individuals showed greater brain connectivity atypicality across five cognitive tasks compared to controls. This atypicality was consistent across tasks and linked to speech and auditory networks. It correlated with behavioral measures of autism severity, suggesting a common neural pattern underlying diverse cognitive demands.
• OTQualitative2022Exploring potential for occupational therapy practice models within areas of social deprivation: A qualitative inquiry within a community-centred food cooperative.The British journal of occupational therapyMembers and volunteers described the cooperative as different from a foodbank. They valued choice, contribution and avoiding shame. They also described regular use alongside belonging, confidence, budgeting and social contact.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2022What are the common areas of risk and their characteristics found in intermediate care from an occupational therapy perspective? A scoping review.The British journal of occupational therapyFalls, discharge planning, and practice errors were the most common risk areas for occupational therapists in intermediate care. The review found no evidence on how therapists explicitly assess the severity or likelihood of these risks.
• PTNarrative Review2023Combining Neurocognitive and Functional Tests to Improve Return-to-Sport Decisions Following ACL Reconstruction.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapyThere are no study results to act on. The paper proposes adding cognitive challenges to functional return-to-sport tests after ACL reconstruction, but reports no patients, methods, or outcomes.
• OTCohort2023Social participation and health-related quality of life before and during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in individuals with traumatic brain injury: A follow-up exploratory correlational study.Journal of rehabilitation medicineDuring the second pandemic wave, 18 adults with brain injury had unchanged social participation but lower quality of life, especially emotionally. More trouble accessing basic resources was linked to worse daily life, emotions, and physical problems.
• PTOther2023Kinematic analysis of upper limb coordination during a multi-directional reaching task: specific examination of shoulder girdle movement.Journal of physical therapy scienceReaching motions across 12 directions rely on specific combinations of the shoulder, elbow and collarbone joints. For movements directly across the body, the shoulder joint does most of the work while the other two stay largely fixed. In other directions, all three joints coordinate together.
• PTQualitative2023Blended Care in Patients With Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis in Physical Therapy: Delphi Study on Needs and Preconditions.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesPatients and physical therapists wanted blended osteoarthritis care to keep in-person first and last sessions, with digital parts for exercises, education, reminders, and tailored support. They did not want digital care to replace trust or hands-on therapy.
• PTPilot2023Ankle-targeted exosuit resistance increases paretic propulsion in people post-stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA soft exosuit resisting the paretic ankle increased propulsion during walking and left immediate after-effects after removal. Higher resistance produced larger gains without compensatory movement from the hip, knee, or non-paretic leg.
• PTOther2023Change in activity patterns in the prefrontal cortex in different phases during the dual-task walking in older adults.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationOlder adults walking while subtracting sevens had slower gait and more errors than younger adults. Their frontal brain activity was higher early than late during dual task, and right orbitofrontal activity was lower than younger adults during dual task.
• SLPCase-Control2023Clustering and switching analysis of verb fluency in individuals with Alzheimer's disease.CoDASOlder adults with Alzheimer's disease named fewer action words and shifted between groups of related verbs less often than healthy adults. The size and number of verb groups did not differ.
• PTCohort2023Travel related changes in performance and physiological markers: the effects of eastward travel on female basketball players.Journal of physical therapy scienceFemale basketball players on a heavy eastward travel schedule showed increased belly fat, higher resting heart rate and blood pressure, doubled cortisol, and weaker hamstrings compared to non-athlete peers. These changes occurred despite no change in total body fat.
• PTOTRCT2023Effectiveness and therapeutic compliance of digital therapy in shoulder rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationDigital shoulder therapy was no more effective than standard care for pain or strength. However, patients using the digital ball showed a link between enjoying the exercises and wanting to continue training at home, which did not appear in the standard group.
• PTOTCase Report2023Visual rehabilitation indicating neuroplasticity in an esotropic adult patient with diplopia after sudden visual acuity loss in the non-amblyopic eye: A case report.NeuroRehabilitationA 71-year-old woman with long-standing left-eye amblyopia developed double vision after sudden vision loss in her right eye. Three months of visual training, combined with prism glasses and patching, reduced her eye turn and improved vision in the amblyopic eye.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023U.S. Population Data on Hearing Loss, Trouble Hearing, and Hearing-Device Use in Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-12, 2015-16, and 2017-20.Trends in hearingAbout 85% of US adults with hearing difficulties have unmet needs. Self-reported trouble hearing predicts device use far better than audiograms. Older adults under-report hearing loss compared to their actual audiometric impairment, while younger adults over-report it.
• OTCohort2023Behavioural adjustment of children with intellectual disability and their sibling is associated with their sibling relationship quality.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRBoth siblings' behaviour links to relationship quality, not just the child with disability. Prosocial behaviour from the child with intellectual disability strongly predicted intimacy and companionship. Being younger than the sibling with disability predicted more closeness and more conflict. Parents' views matter more than the child's diagnosis.
• OTSLPSurvey2023Development of stigma-related support for autistic adults: Insights from the autism community.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceMost autistic adults and caregivers who responded supported stigma help, but many warned it must not blame autistic people. They wanted flexible, positive support focused on self-acceptance, disclosure choices, and practical strategies.
• RCT2023Genetic and epigenetic signatures associated with plasma oxytocin levels in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchNo common genetic variant was clearly linked to plasma oxytocin levels in 175 children and adolescents with ASD, though several variants and pathways showed possible associations.
• SLPSystematic Review2023Dysphagia and pill swallowing in HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Results of a scoping review.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsAcross three included articles, South African adults with HIV/AIDS described difficulty swallowing antiretroviral pills due to side effects, mouth and throat pain, dry mouth, other illnesses, stress and stigma, which reduced adherence. Speech-language pathology involvement was rare and late.