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.

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• OTSurvey2024Parents' Perceptions: Environments and the Contextual Strategies of Parents to Support the Participation of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Descriptive Population-Based Study from Switzerland.Journal of autism and developmental disordersHalf of parents reported more home, school, and community supports than barriers; the other half did not report clear supports or barriers. Sensory overload and social demands were common barriers. Parents often described preparing, accompanying, and motivating their children.
• PTOther2024Gait patterns during overground and virtual omnidirectional treadmill walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn healthy young adults, walking on the omnidirectional treadmill in VR was slower than overground walking, at 0.43 m/s versus 1.3 m/s. Step length remained shorter after speed was accounted for, and turns took longer and needed more steps.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Clinical Features and Voxel-Based-Symptom-Lesion Mapping of Silent Aspiration in Acute Infratentorial Stroke.DysphagiaSilent aspiration occurred in 40.5% of acute infratentorial stroke patients, doubling pneumonia risk. Lesion location did not predict it. Do not rely on stroke severity scores alone; these patients need FEES assessment regardless of how mild their deficits appear.
• SLPCohort2024Determination of the Relationship between Globus-Type Complaints and COVID-19 Anxiety in Adult Cases with COVID-19.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)Adults with acute COVID-19 reported significantly more severe globus-type throat symptoms than healthy controls, though anxiety levels did not differ between the groups. Symptoms decreased substantially after the first month. A weak link between throat symptoms and anxiety was found only in the COVID-19 group.
• SLPOther2024Extending the Usefulness of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC): Validating the Phrase Speech and Young Fluent Version.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe BOSCC-PSYF, a brief observation measure, detected small social communication improvements over about 4.5 months in autistic children receiving varied behavioral treatments. Restricted and repetitive behaviors did not change. No control group means treatment effects cannot be separated.
• PTOther2024Management of low back pain and lumbosacral radicular syndrome: the Guideline of the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF).European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineScreen low back pain patients for factors that predict slow recovery, match treatment intensity to risk, use exercise therapy, and use mobilization or manipulation only as add-ons, not stand-alone care.
• SLPOther2024Adaptation and validation of the European Portuguese Communication and Symbolic Behaviour Scales Developmental Profile™ (CSBS DP™) Infant-Toddler Checklist.International journal of language & communication disordersThe European Portuguese version of the Infant-Toddler Checklist is a reliable screening tool for early communication. Scores for Portuguese toddlers matched American peers on almost all measures, confirming the tool's validity for use in Portugal.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Access to inpatient mood management services after stroke in Australian acute and rehabilitation hospitals.Clinical rehabilitationMood screening rates in Australian stroke hospitals increased over ten years but remain low, with only 33% of acute patients screened by 2021. Access to psychologists improved in rehabilitation settings but stalled in acute care, leaving older patients and those needing interpreters at higher risk of being missed.
• SLPCase Series2024Use of ECT in Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability: A Single Site Retrospective Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn 32 patients with autism or intellectual disability, retrospective chart review showed 94% improved after ECT. Most had catatonia. No significant adverse events were reported. This describes outcomes in a small group receiving multiple treatments, not proof of efficacy.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024REhabilitation Approaches in CHildren with cerebellar mutism syndrome (REACH): An international cross-disciplinary survey study.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineMost therapists treating children with cerebellar mutism syndrome lack specific clinical guidelines and rely on symptom-based approaches borrowed from other conditions. They report significant barriers including fatigue, behavioral impacts of cancer therapy, and insufficient resources for training and standardized care.
• Qualitative2024'We are doing damage control': Government stakeholder perspectives of educational and other services for children with autism spectrum disorder in South Africa.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceGovernment stakeholders in South Africa described autism services as reactive 'damage control' due to fragmented departments and lack of data. They proposed ten strategies, including better inter-departmental collaboration and earlier school entry, to address the crisis of children waiting for education.
• SLPOther2024Perceptual Grouping in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Magnetoencephalography Study.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with autism showed slower and weaker early brain responses to visual grouping cues than controls, despite matching accuracy. This suggests the brain works harder to process similarity cues, even when the task seems easy.
• PTOTOther2024Comparison of daily step count between the Fitbit Inspire 3 and the activPAL 3 in adults with transtibial amputation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesThe Fitbit Inspire 3 counted 1,094 more steps per day than the research-grade activPAL 3 in adults with transtibial amputation. While the two devices correlated strongly, the difference was large enough to make them non-interchangeable for tracking free-living mobility.
• OTQualitative2024Perspectives on Employer-Initiated Terminations Among Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic adults who lost their jobs most often blamed themselves, citing work performance and social difficulties. Only a minority cited discrimination or lack of accommodations. This self-blame persists even when workplace barriers exist, suggesting a need to address internal attributions in employment support.
• PTOTSLPNarrative Review2024Steroid myopathy and rehabilitation in patients with cancer.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationNo guidelines exist for diagnosing or treating steroid myopathy in cancer patients. Reviews suggest minimizing steroid doses and using resistance training to prevent muscle loss, but high-intensity exercise may worsen atrophy. Evidence for dietary or pharmacological interventions remains limited.
• PTOTCohort2024Interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation for immigrants with chronic pain who need language interpretation.Journal of rehabilitation medicineImmigrant patients with chronic pain started with worse pain, mood, and fear of movement than native speakers. They improved significantly in pain intensity, depression, and fear of movement after interdisciplinary rehabilitation with interpreters. However, only women showed these gains; men did not improve on any measure.
• PTOTSLPCase Report2024Rehabilitation and functional outcomes for thoraco-omphalo-ischiopagus conjoined twins five years after separation: A case report.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineFive years after separation, the twins walked in the community without assistive devices, after needing total assistance during inpatient rehabilitation. This is a case report, not proof that a treatment works.
• SLPOther2024Language Contact Within the Speaker: Phonetic Variation and Crosslinguistic Influence.Language and speechEarly Cantonese-English bilinguals produce English stops with less voicing and more unreleased endings than monolinguals. This reflects systematic influence from Cantonese phonology, where these sounds are strictly voiceless and unreleased. The pattern persists in spontaneous speech regardless of recent language switching.
• SLPOther2023Supporting Culturally Responsive Assessment Practices With Preschoolers: Guidance From Methods in the Jamaican Context.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRAdapting standardized tests to include Jamaican Creole features reduced the identification of language disorder in bilingual preschoolers from 48.9% to 7.4%. Using adult community models for scoring prevented misdiagnosis of dialect differences as disorders.
• SLPCohort2023Congenital Cytomegalovirus-Associated Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children: Identification Following Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Effect of Antiviral Treatment, and Long-Term Hearing Outcomes.Ear and hearingChildren with congenital CMV who pass newborn hearing screening are at risk for delayed hearing loss. Among those who passed screening, 35% developed hearing loss later. Antiviral treatment was associated with less hearing deterioration than no treatment, but this was not a randomized trial.
• SLPOther2023Longitudinal Grammaticality Judgments of Tense Marking in Complex Questions in Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment, Ages 5-18 Years.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRChildren with Specific Language Impairment consistently judge complex grammatical errors more poorly than typically developing peers from ages 5 to 18. This performance gap persists despite growth in both groups, indicating that difficulty with tense marking in complex sentences is a lasting feature of the disorder.
• SLPOther2023A Novel Method to Determine the Maximum Output of Individual Patients for an Active Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implant Using Clinical Routine Data.Ear and hearingA new method using routine hearing data determines the maximum output of Bonebridge implants. It found the implant produces 4 to 8 dB higher output on the implanted side than the opposite side. This helps clinicians set accurate indication ranges without complex equipment.
• PTOTOther2022Some But Not Too Much: Multiparticipant Therapy and Positive Patient Outcomes in Skilled Nursing Facilities.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)Among Medicare short-stay SNF patients, low to medium amounts of group or concurrent PT and OT were associated with slightly higher chance of functional improvement and community discharge, but therapy at 25% or more showed no clear difference.
• OTSurvey2024Societal Attitudes Towards Autism (SATA): Validation of the Greek Version in the General Population.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn a Greek community survey, participants showed moderate knowledge and positive attitudes toward autism, but high willingness for personal contact. Women, younger people, and those with university education had more positive scores. Prior contact with autistic people did not improve attitudes.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Trends in the Characteristics and Outcomes of Older Medicare Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury Treated in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities: 2013 to 2018.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitationOlder Medicare patients with recent traumatic brain injury in inpatient rehabilitation increased 28.2% from 2013 to 2018. They were more often male, had more comorbidities, and more were discharged home.
• SLPOther2024Combined effects of age and hearing impairment on utterances and requests for clarification in spontaneous conversation and a referential communication task.International journal of language & communication disordersOlder adults with hearing loss used longer turns in quiet spontaneous chat but asked for more clarification in a second picture task. The type of conversation changes communication patterns more than hearing status alone. Fatigue may affect later tasks.
• SLPOther2024Mast Cell Esophagitis: A Novel Entity in Patients with Unexplained Esophageal Symptoms.Dysphagia60% of adults with unexplained esophageal symptoms, including solid-food dysphagia, had at least 60 mast cells/mm2, about 15 cells per high-power field. Mast cell levels did not track with symptoms, labs, or atopy, so this does not prove cause or guide treatment.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2024Mental health in children with disabilities and their families: red flags, services' impact, facilitators, barriers, and proposed solutions.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesCaregivers and clinicians identified red flags like school isolation and sleep changes. System barriers, especially waitlists, drove negative experiences. Both groups urged family-centered care, standardized mental health training for all disciplines, and decoupling mental health support from disability diagnoses.
• PTOther2024Cardiorespiratory fitness in persons with lower limb amputation.International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptationPeople with lower limb amputation in rehabilitation had mean peak oxygen uptake 14.6 mL/kg/min, low compared with age-matched references. Older age was linked to lower fitness. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was feasible and may help plan fitness training, but it does not show training improves walking.
• Case-Control2024Retinal Thinning in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAdults with autism had thinner outer retina and maculae than neurotypical peers, but their optic nerve fibers were the same thickness. Greater social impairment correlated with thinner outer retina. This is a structural finding, not a diagnostic test or a functional vision loss.
• PTCohort2024Use of the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test in community adult patients with mild traumatic brain injury.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationAdults with mild traumatic brain injury often stopped a treadmill exercise test early, commonly because dizziness, imbalance, or headache worsened. But healthy controls also stopped frequently, mostly for pain or exertion, so test time alone does not prove brain-injury exercise intolerance.
• SLPCohort2024Psychometric Evaluation of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (6-18 Years Parent Report) in a Clinical Sample.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThe Autism Spectrum Rating Scales failed to distinguish children with autism from those with other clinical disorders in a specialty clinic sample. Scores overlapped substantially, and no cut-off score provided acceptable accuracy for diagnosis.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2024Autism Spectrum Disorder in Down Syndrome: Experiences from Caregivers.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregivers of children with Down syndrome and autism noticed differences at an average age of 3.87 years, but diagnosis came at an average age of 8.52 years, a 4.65-year gap. Many said providers and therapists lacked DS-ASD knowledge.
• SLPOther2024Associations Among Autism Symptom Domains and Facets of Caregiver Strain.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents reported strain highest as internal worry, then daily-life disruption, then anger toward the child. Behavior problems and unusual social behaviors were the most consistent links to strain.
• SLPRCT2024Effects of Bumetanide on Neurocognitive Functioning in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBumetanide showed no benefit on standard neurocognitive tests in children with autism. However, experimental network analysis suggested subtle changes in how cognitive functions are organized. These findings are exploratory and not corrected for multiple testing, so they do not support changing clinical practice.
• SLPOther2024The Contribution of Perceptual Reasoning Skills to Phonological Awareness for School Age Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersSchool-age autistic children matched for cognitive skills scored similarly to non-autistic peers on phonological awareness. For autistic children, phonological awareness correlated with perceptual reasoning skills, not verbal skills. This suggests using visual and perceptual strengths in literacy instruction.
• PTOTRCT2024Follow-up of individualised physical activity on prescription and individualised advice in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis: A randomised controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitationOne hour of tailored advice matched a more intensive prescription programme for long-term activity and function in hip or knee osteoarthritis. Advice users reported more weekly activity, but pain improved more in the prescription group. Neither approach clearly beat the other on overall outcomes.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Male and Female Toddlers with DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder have Similar Developmental Profiles and Core Autism Symptoms.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMale and female toddlers diagnosed with autism showed similar developmental profiles and core symptoms. The only significant difference after statistical correction was that females displayed more sensory-seeking behavior than males.
• OTSLPSurvey2024Screening, Diagnosis, and Intervention for Autism: Experiences of Black and Multiracial Families Seeking Care.Journal of autism and developmental disordersBlack and multiracial parents frequently reported that speech delays were their first concern, yet many faced "wait-and-see" advice from pediatricians. Families described feeling dismissed or misdiagnosed, highlighting a critical need for providers to trust parental instincts and act early on communication concerns.
• SLPOther2024The factor structure and measurement invariance of the Autism Spectrum Quotient-28: A cross-cultural comparison between Malaysia and the Netherlands.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceMalaysian adults scored significantly higher on the AQ-28 than Dutch adults, even after removing culturally biased items. While the test structure held up, 11 items functioned differently across cultures. Western cut-off scores should not be used for Malaysian patients.
• PTOTRCT2023Effects of a Dedicated Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Patients With Obesity on Body Weight, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Physical Fitness: The OPTICARE XL Randomized Controlled Trial.Physical therapyA specialized 1-year cardiac rehab program for patients with obesity produced greater weight loss than standard care at 3 months, but this advantage disappeared by 6 months. Neither program significantly improved physical activity or fitness compared to the other at the primary endpoint.
• SLPOther2023Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Performance but Not Pupil Size During Nonnative Speech Category Learning.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRRandomized taVNS groups did not differ in Mandarin tone learning accuracy or pupil size. Exploratory analyses found lower amplitude associated with better accuracy, and stimulated trials with larger accuracy gains.
• SLPCohort2023Fluency and reading comprehension as a performance indicator in the 3rd year of elementary school.CoDASThird-grade students improved reading fluency and literal comprehension over the school year, but inferential comprehension did not improve. Fluency only reached the national target of 90 words per minute by the final test, with half the students still missing it.
• SLPRCT2023A Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Hearing Screening in Primary Care Clinics: Effect of Setting and Provider Encouragement.Ear and hearingOlder adults completed hearing screening at 100% when offered in clinic, versus 22.7% and 26.8% at home. Provider encouragement did not improve home completion, and fewer patients asked to screen at home completed diagnostic evaluation.
• SLPOther2023Profiles of the parenting experience in families of autistic children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceMost parents of autistic children report average or adaptive parenting experiences. A distinct subgroup, including more fathers than expected, reports high stress and low competence. Children in these distressed families show more behavioral and autism symptoms, but the study cannot prove parenting causes these challenges.
• SLPOther2023Exploring Assumptions of the Bilingual Delay in Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRTesting bilingual children in only one language misses their true ability because they often have mixed dominance, scoring higher in one language for vocabulary and the other for grammar. Using the best score across both languages removes the bias of language exposure and prevents misdiagnosis of developmental language disorder.
• SLPNarrative Review2023A Narrative Approach to Synthesizing Research on Vietnamese Bilingual and Monolingual Children.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRThis paper is a personal and professional narrative reviewing the author's past research on Vietnamese bilingual and monolingual children. It describes the context of the work and the development of assessment tools but presents no new data or findings.
• PTCohort2024Financial impact associated with implementation of the low back pain clinical practice guideline in outpatient physical therapist practice at a large academic medical center.Physiotherapy theory and practiceImplementing a low back pain guideline in outpatient physical therapy was associated with lower direct and downstream medical costs, including reduced spending on imaging, pharmacy, and surgery. Total costs did not significantly decrease, and the number of physical therapy visits remained unchanged.
• PTOTNarrative Review2024Emerging methods for measuring physical activity using accelerometry in children and adolescents with neuromotor disorders: a narrative review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationStandard step-counters and cut-point analyses often misclassify activity in children with cerebral palsy or brain injury. Combining participation questionnaires with raw accelerometer data, ideally using machine learning tailored to the child's mobility level, provides a more accurate picture of their real-world activity than commercial devices alone.
• Other2024Autistic Adults Show Intact Learning on a Visuospatial Serial Reaction Time Task.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic adults learned the visual sequence as well as neurotypical adults, despite slower reaction times. Neurotypical adults made more errors early on by guessing based on the pattern. This suggests intact procedural learning in autism, challenging ideas of broad predictive deficits.