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 502 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPCohort2023Analysis of Noun Phrase Ambiguity in Narratives Reveals Differences in Referential Establishment But Not Cohesion for Older Autistic Children.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRAutistic adolescents were not more ambiguous than peers overall, but used more definite nouns and names before introducing characters. This suggests the difficulty is not tracking who is who, but assuming the listener already knows the referent.
• OTSLPOther2023Consistency between parent report and direct assessment of development in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder and other delays: Does sex assigned at birth matter?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchOverall, parent report and direct testing did not differ for language and fine motor skills; in matched diagnostic groups, parents reported lower receptive language and fine motor skills, and expressive language agreement differed by sex assigned at birth in autism.
• SLPPilot2023Toward a Real-World Technical Test Battery for Remote Microphone Systems Used with Hearing Prostheses.Trends in hearingFive remote microphone systems were technically similar in speech clarity, but differed in delay and background noise handling. Three had acceptable delays under 40 ms; two were borderline. Manufacturers should publish delay figures so clinicians can check compatibility with lip-reading.
• SLPOther2023Detection of Speech-Language Delay in the Primary Care Setting: An Electronic Health Record Investigation.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPPrimary care detected speech-language delay in 14.2% of children, with a mean age of first documentation at 25.4 months. Boys and those with public insurance were identified more often. Using standardized screeners did not lower the age of detection compared to routine surveillance.
• OTOther2023To be or not to be stressed: Designing autonomy to reduce stress at work.Work (Reading, Mass.)Forcing employees to stop working was linked to higher self-reported stress than leaving them free to decide. In a small scenario experiment, a message about lost leisure time produced stress similar to no intervention.
• PTOTSystematic Review2023Evidence for 24-hour posture management: A scoping review.The British journal of occupational therapyThe evidence base for 24-hour posture management is weak, with no randomised trials. However, the literature consistently supports its use to prevent body shape distortion and secondary health complications in people who cannot move independently.
• PTOther2023Performance, Test-retest Reliability, and Measurement Error of the Upper Limb Seated Shot Put Test According to Different Positions of Execution.International journal of sports physical therapyThe floor version of the seated shot put test is more consistent than the chair version. Women threw further from the chair, but the chair test showed measurement error on the dominant arm. Use the floor test for tracking shoulder power in healthy overhead athletes.
• OTQualitative2023Appearance between professionalism and work-related stress among marketing employees.Work (Reading, Mass.)Marketing employees described appearance as a stressful, unspoken demand that they manage alone. Women reported greater stress from balancing professionalism with attractiveness and youth, while physical activity served as a key resource for coping with work pressure.
• OTSurvey2023Perception of COVID-19 Impact on Canadian Occupational Therapy Curricula: Academic and Fieldwork.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieCanadian OT faculty reported pandemic shifts to online learning hurt interpersonal skills and informal engagement, but boosted telepractice readiness. Hands-on skills like splinting were largely unaffected. These are faculty perceptions of curriculum changes, not measured patient outcomes.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2023Effectiveness of a rehabilitation professional's advice and suggestions on a care manager's self-assessment scores of their care management.Journal of physical therapy scienceCare managers who had received advice from rehabilitation professionals rated their own care management skills higher than those who had not. The association was strongest for joint home visits and weakest for community care conferences. Self-assessment does not prove patient outcomes improved.
• PTRCT2023Effect of a Balance Adjustment System on Postural Control in Patients with Chronic Ankle Instability.International journal of sports physical therapyIn young adults with chronic ankle instability, two weeks of a balance device that moved with their sway reduced standing sway compared with a balance disc after the first and final sessions. Dynamic reach scores did not improve.
• OTSurvey2023Organizational and psychosocial environmental work factors associated with self-rated exhaustion disorder among municipal employees in rural northern Sweden.Work (Reading, Mass.)Municipal employees with self-rated exhaustion disorder reported higher quantitative and emotional demands, more conflicts, and less social support, resources, and time than those without. Both groups faced higher emotional demands and fewer resources than the national Swedish average.
• SLPRCT2023I-SOCIALISE: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the social competence and isolation of children with autism taking part in LEGO® based therapy ('Play Brick Therapy') clubs in school environments.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceLEGO therapy in schools showed a small, non-significant gain in teacher-rated social skills at 20 weeks. The effect was larger in secondary schools and pupils with milder symptoms, but no difference remained at 52 weeks. It was safe and well-received by staff and pupils.
• PTOTQualitative2023Exercise habits and perception of physical exercise among residents of an island in the Western Pacific Region.Journal of physical therapy scienceResidents of a Tongan island varied widely in exercise habits, with some already active through agricultural work while others remained inactive despite interest. Cultural factors like church leadership, heat, and a preference for free movement over strict rules strongly shaped whether people exercised.
• PTOTCase-Control2023Characteristics of falls and their fear in older adults requiring long-term care.Journal of physical therapy scienceOlder adults in daycare who had fallen showed less confidence crossing streets and performing daily tasks than non-fallers. Low confidence in crossing the street was specifically linked to a history of falls, suggesting outdoor mobility anxiety is a key marker in this group.
• SLPQualitative2023The knowledge-to-action process model for knowledge translation in oral care in South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsIn an overloaded South African hospital ward, nurses reported oral care was a low priority. One-on-one bedside training using local resources led to high recorded compliance. This describes a process of implementation, not proof that the training improved patient health outcomes.
• PTOTPilot2023Adherence to a Web-based Exercise Programme: A Feasibility Study Among Patients with Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis.Journal of rehabilitation medicineHalf of the 29 patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis adhered to a 12-week web-based exercise programme during the pandemic. Sickness, not joint pain, was the most common barrier. Those who did not adhere were less active and fit at baseline.
• SLPSystematic Review2023Oromotor skills in autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMost studies find oromotor deficits in autism, but results are inconsistent and methods vary widely. Clinicians should not assume speech is spared; however, current evidence is too heterogeneous to define specific deficits or guide treatment reliably.
• PTOTCohort2023Impairments of the ipsilesional upper-extremity in the first 6-months post-stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationRobot testing found significant arm impairment in nearly half of stroke survivors one week after stroke. By six months, this dropped to 14%. Standard clinical scales missed many of these deficits, identifying only 16% of patients as impaired. Side of brain injury did not affect impairment severity.
• OTOther2023Evaluation and Analysis of Elderly Mental Health Based on Artificial Intelligence.Occupational therapy internationalCommunity-dwelling older adults with depression showed lower symptom scores after three months of comprehensive psychological intervention combined with health education compared to health education alone. The study also identified risk factors for depression, including living alone and physical illness.
• SLPOther2023Performance of the phonatory deviation diagram in monitoring voice quality before and after voice exercise in individuals with Parkinson's Disease.CoDASA brief vocal exercise improved shimmer and shifted voice diagrams toward normality, but did not change diagram categories. Most voices remained outside the normal range. Therapists should track visual shifts rather than expecting categorical changes.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2023Workplace factors that promote and hinder work ability and return to work among individuals with long-term effects of COVID-19: A qualitative study.Work (Reading, Mass.)Workers with long-term effects of COVID-19 described flexible hours, adjusted tasks, and supportive managers as essential for staying in work. They also highlighted that colleagues silently watching out for them helped, while a lack of understanding about their fluctuating energy levels made return to work difficult.
• SLPCohort2023Satisfaction and quality of life in cochlear implant users with long sensory deprivation.CoDASAdults with at least ten years of hearing loss before cochlear implantation reported high satisfaction with the device, with no significant difference between those who lost hearing before or after learning to speak. The main complaints were cost and difficulty hearing in noise.
• PTOther2023The Functional Movement Screen: Exploring Interrater Reliability between Raters in the Updated Version.International journal of sports physical therapyFour novice raters with minimal training scored 45 young adults reliably on the updated Functional Movement Screen. Total scores showed excellent agreement between raters, though reliability was moderate for the left ankle mobility test.
• PTOTSLPCase Report2023Anodal Contralesional tDCS Enhances CST Excitability Bilaterally in an Adolescent with Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy: A Brief Report.Developmental neurorehabilitationIn one adolescent with cerebral palsy, anodal tDCS to the contralesional hemisphere increased corticospinal tract excitability bilaterally for 30 minutes. This neurophysiologic change was not seen with sham stimulation. Clinical motor outcomes were not measured.
• Other2023Access to physiotherapy services in South African settings: stretching a hand to under-resourced communities with students as agents of change.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences
• PTSLPCohort2023Early detection of developmental delay in infants born very preterm or with very low birthweight.Developmental medicine and child neurologyFidgety movements at 16 weeks corrected age that were not continuous, plus abnormal writhing movements at 4 to 5 weeks corrected age, flagged later motor and cognitive delay at 24 months in very preterm infants; no assessment flagged language delay.
• SLPOther2023BPACE: A Bayesian, Patient-Centered Procedure for Matrix Speech Tests in Noise.Trends in hearingA new test procedure cut the time to get a reliable hearing threshold in noise from 4.6 to 3.1 minutes and made patients rate the listening effort as much easier. The threshold results matched the standard test closely, so it is a valid, kinder alternative.
• PTOTSLPOther2023Development of expert consensus to guide physical rehabilitation in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury during the subacute phase.Journal of rehabilitation medicineExperts agreed physical rehab for children with brain injury must be family-centred and participation-focused, but could not agree on optimal dose. They set 'following simple commands' as the minimum cognitive bar for active participation, while leaving specific frequency and intensity decisions to clinical judgment.
• PTOTOther2023Observing the effect of physical activity on forward head posture and rounded shoulder posture in young healthy adults.Journal of physical therapy scienceHealthy young adults with low physical activity showed a more rounded shoulder posture than active peers. However, their forward head posture was no different. Regular screening for rounded shoulders may be warranted for sedentary young adults, but head posture seems unaffected by activity levels alone.
• SLPCohort2023Diaphragm pacing and independent breathing in individuals with severe Pompe disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPaced versus no pacing did not clearly increase breath volume or air moved per minute. Still, three of six people with severe Pompe disease stopped daytime ventilator use within six months. This small uncontrolled report cannot separate pacing from enzyme therapy and ventilatory support.
• SLPPilot2023Pilot Trial of a Peer-to-Peer Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents of Black Children Awaiting a Developmental Evaluation.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPParents of Black children awaiting evaluation reported feeling better equipped to advocate for and teach their children after a peer-led online program. Depression scores also improved. However, the study did not find significant changes in parenting stress or child behavior.
• SLPOther2023Perceptual Learning of Noise-Vocoded Speech Under Divided Attention.Trends in hearingYoung normal-hearing listeners improved their recognition of degraded speech over 40 trials even while performing concurrent visual, phonological, or lexical tasks. The hard visual task slowed early performance but did not stop learning. The phonological task unexpectedly boosted overall speech recognition.
• Other2023Towards PPG-based anger detection for emotion regulation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA smartwatch sensor failed to reliably detect anger in people with and without brain injury. The signal varied too much day-to-day and person-to-person, making it an unreliable standalone marker for predicting emotional outbursts in a clinical setting.
• PTSystematic Review2023Methodologies for Evaluating the Usability of Rehabilitation Technologies Aimed at Supporting Shared Decision-Making: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesMost included studies evaluated rehabilitation decision-making tools with one or two methods, mostly questionnaires and interviews, and mainly measured satisfaction, not effectiveness or efficiency. A tool's ease may not mean it supports decisions.
• SLPQualitative2023Characteristics of communication skills in children belonging to multispecies families.CoDASIn families with dogs, parents often talk to their babies about the dog to help them understand what it is doing. As children grow, they start talking to the dog themselves and taking care of it, needing less help from adults to interact with the animal.
• OTNarrative Review2023Exploring safety culture research in the construction industry.Work (Reading, Mass.)This paper reviews safety culture concepts in construction. It contains no clinical research, patient data, or rehabilitation outcomes. There is nothing here to inform physical, occupational, or speech therapy practice.
• SLPOther2023Speech Intelligibility in Reverberation is Reduced During Self-Rotation.Trends in hearingFor people with normal hearing, turning towards a speaker behind them improves understanding, but turning towards someone to the side worsens it. A visual cue helps with side targets but not rear ones, suggesting motion itself can degrade clarity in reverberant rooms.
• PTCohort2023In-hospital grouping rehabilitation of hybrid closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy results in shorter hospital stays and better clinical outcomes.Journal of physical therapy scienceHospital stay and time to cane walking were shorter when group exercise was added to early loading and physiotherapy than with non-weight bearing or ERAS alone, but complication rates were similar. This was observational, so it cannot prove the exercise caused the change.
• SLPCase Series2023Using Evidence-Based Practice in the Transition to Telepractice: Case Study of a Complexity-Based Speech Sound Intervention.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsThree children with speech sound disorders completed a six-week complexity-based intervention via telepractice. All three increased their overall speech accuracy and accuracy on untreated sounds. This shows the method can be adapted for virtual delivery, but it does not prove telepractice is as effective as in-person therapy.
• SLPRCT2023Spoken language outcomes in limited language preschoolers with autism and global developmental delay: RCT of early intervention approaches.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchBoth Discrete Trial Teaching and JASPER significantly improved spoken language in preschoolers with autism and severe delays. Neither approach was superior for the primary outcome, though DTT showed slight advantages in word diversity and play level at follow-up.
• PTOther2023The development of a flexion range-of-motion-adjustable knee joint for knee-ankle-foot orthoses and evaluation of gait in healthy individuals wearing it.Journal of physical therapy scienceA new adjustable knee joint for orthoses allowed controlled flexion during walking. In healthy adults, the 15° and 30° settings increased knee bending in early stance compared to a fixed joint, while the free setting allowed the largest bend in late stance.
• PTOTSLPCohort2023Lifetime Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents with Unexplained Weight Loss, Underweight, or Poor Appetite.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAdolescents presenting with unexplained weight loss, underweight, or poor appetite had a 69.6% lifetime prevalence of any psychiatric disorder and a 21.3% prevalence of eating disorders. These symptoms should trigger comprehensive mental health screening and close follow-up, not just nutritional intervention.
• SLPOther2023Individual Listener Preference for Strength of Single-Microphone Noise-Reduction; Trade-off Between Noise Tolerance and Signal Distortion Tolerance.Trends in hearingListeners prefer hearing aid noise reduction only if they tolerate the resulting sound distortion. Some people dislike the distorted speech more than the background noise. You cannot set noise reduction strength based on noise tolerance alone; you must check how the patient reacts to the processed sound quality.
• SLPSystematic Review2023Quantitative approach to analyze hyoid bone movement during swallowing by ultrasound: an integrative review.CoDASUltrasound is increasingly used to measure hyoid bone movement, but there is no standard way to do it. Different studies used different equipment, transducer positions, and software, making results impossible to compare. Amplitude is the most common measure, but extraction methods vary widely.
• PTQualitative2023Experiences With In-Person and Virtual Health Care Services for People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Qualitative Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesPeople with COPD valued close, familiar support from clinicians and peers. Virtual monitoring helped some feel safer, but equipment problems could push them away. Group exercise with peers was preferred to home equipment, and ending the rehabilitation program reduced motivation.
• PTOther2023Change in the sub-sesamoid soft tissue thickness under different loading conditions.Journal of physical therapy scienceSub-sesamoid soft tissue compresses significantly when weight bearing begins, but further loading up to 100% of body weight causes no additional thinning. The tissue under the fibular sesamoid is consistently thicker than under the tibial sesamoid.
• OTOther2023Development and psychometric evaluation of a theory-based questionnaire measuring women's return-to-work beliefs after long-term sick leave for common mental disorders.Work (Reading, Mass.)A new 60-item questionnaire measuring return-to-work beliefs in women with mental health disorders shows promise but has reliability gaps. The intention and attitude scales are solid, but scales for social pressure and personal control are weak. Do not use the full tool clinically yet.
• OTQualitative2023Acceptability of a Telerehabilitation Biofeedback System Among Stroke Survivors: A Qualitative Analysis.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthFour stroke survivors found home EMG biofeedback games acceptable when they could see and use small arm movement attempts, customize games and sensor placement, and get reliable support. Unpredictable sensors and technical failures were barriers.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2023Recurrence quantification analysis of postural sway in patients with persistent postural perceptual dizziness.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPatients with persistent postural perceptual dizziness showed more predictable, rigid sway patterns than controls during quiet standing. Traditional measures of sway amount and variability found no differences between the groups.