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 554 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTCase Series2024Point of Care Ultrasound Guided Management of Lateral Ankle Sprains: A Case Series.International journal of sports physical therapyReported ankle function and pain scores improved over 24 weeks after ultrasound grading plus a combined care plan. This case series cannot show what caused the gains.
• PTOther2024Effect of coaching the sit-to-stand motion and attentional focus.Journal of physical therapy scienceTelling healthy adults to stand up while bowing made them complete fewer chair stands and take longer to stand than a plain instruction. It also increased attention to how their body moved.
• OTCohort2024The Bead Maze Hand Function Test for Children.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy AssociationThe Bead Maze Hand Function Test showed excellent agreement between raters and correlated with standard hand speed measures in 23 typically developing children. Force measures changed with age and task complexity, offering information that time-based tests alone do not capture.
• OTOther2024Ayres Sensory Integration® Intervention for Autistic Children: A Telehealth Adaptation.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy AssociationEight experienced telehealth and occupational therapy experts reviewed a new manual for delivering Ayres Sensory Integration via video. They rated it feasible and clear, but asked for better parent coaching tools and simpler assessment guides before it could be used in practice.
• OTSLPOther2024Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and research settgs.Molecular autismAdults waiting for autism assessment and their informants agreed on repetitive behaviours, and both lined up with clinician interview ratings. Autistic adults scored higher than non-autistic adults. Use the questionnaire to guide assessment, not to diagnose alone.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024How to remain in working life with hearing loss - health factors for a sustainable work situation.Work (Reading, Mass.)Workers with hearing loss who stayed employed reported better work climates, less noise distraction, and lower mental strain than those on sick leave. The specific job type mattered less than the workplace environment and the cognitive demands of the daily tasks.
• PTOther2024Return to Play Assessment After Lateral Ankle Sprains - German Male Elite Youth Football (Soccer) Academy Baseline Data.International journal of sports physical therapyIn 20 uninjured male elite youth footballers, dynamic tests showed better results than previously reported cohorts, but direction-corrected limb symmetry tests flagged more side differences than the usual 90% rule.
• Cohort2024Discrimination sensitivity of visual shapes sharpens in autistic adults but only after explicit category learning.Molecular autismAutistic adults did not automatically perceive visual categories like non-autistic adults did. They only showed this perceptual sharpening after explicit training. This suggests they need direct feedback to categorize unfamiliar visual shapes, rather than picking up patterns implicitly.
• SLPOther2024Comparing the Auditory Distance and Externalization of Virtual Sound Sources Simulated Using Nonindividualized Stimuli.Trends in hearingPerceived distance and externalization are correlated but distinct. A sound can be judged far away yet still feel inside the head, especially with frontal or diotic cues. Clinicians should not assume that increasing simulated distance automatically externalizes a virtual sound source.
• OTSLPCohort2024Enhanced interest in letters and numbers in autistic children.Molecular autismOver a third of autistic preschoolers develop an intense interest in letters and numbers, often despite minimal speech. This interest emerges at the same age as in typical children but is non-social. Clinicians should ask parents explicitly about it.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in early neurodevelopmental traits in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.Molecular autismEarly difficulties in social and communication skills at age three were associated with receiving a diagnosis of almost all neurodevelopmental conditions later in childhood. These traits were not neatly aligned with specific diagnoses, suggesting broad developmental challenges predict diverse outcomes.
• PTOTRCT2024The influence of scaffolding on intrinsic motivation and autonomous adherence to a game-based, sparsely supervised home rehabilitation program for people with upper extremity hemiparesis due to stroke. A randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationScaffolding game difficulty did not improve adherence or motivation compared to hidden algorithmic adjustment. However, both sparsely supervised home programs produced clinically meaningful gains in arm function and daily activities. The game design mechanism was not the driver of recovery.
• Other2024Unpacking the prevalence: A warning against overstating the recently narrowed gap for Black autistic youth.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchThis commentary argues that recent data showing a narrowed autism diagnosis gap for Black youth is preliminary and should not be mistaken for solved disparities. It highlights persistent inequities in service access, school placement, and outcomes.
• PTCase Report2024Changes in functional outcomes in people with high-energy ankle trauma after the use of the ReAktiv Posterior Dynamic Element™ orthosis and a rehabilitation program: A case series.Prosthetics and orthotics internationalTwo men with high-energy ankle trauma improved in walking, balance and lower-limb function after a ReAktiv brace and rehabilitation. Because both received them together, neither alone can be credited.
• PTOTQualitative2024Adopting new habits and routines in response to COVID-19 lockdown disruptions: A qualitative study.The British journal of occupational therapyParticipants described losing meaningful activities and feeling disconnected during lockdowns. They adapted by creating new routines, roles and habits, such as virtual volunteering, home workouts and family time. These changes helped restore structure and connection, though they did not fully replace lost in-person interactions.
• SLPOther2024Automated Measurement of Speech Recognition, Reaction Time, and Speech Rate and Their Relation to Self-Reported Listening Effort for Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners Using various Maskers.Trends in hearingAutomated speech recognition accurately measured how long listeners took to respond to sentences, matching human scoring. Reaction time tracked self-reported listening effort closely. This offers a practical way to gauge cognitive load during hearing tests without asking patients to rate their effort.
• SLPOther2024A swallowing and breastfeeding intervention programme for small and sick neonates embedded in kangaroo mother care.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsNo patient outcomes are reported. This paper describes a swallowing and breastfeeding programme for small and sick neonates in kangaroo mother care, so it cannot show that the programme works.
• PTOTOther2024Robotic assessment of bilateral and unilateral upper limb functions in adults with cerebral palsy.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdults with mild to moderate cerebral palsy were most often impaired on a robotic bilateral asymmetric hitting task, even when their everyday object handling was rated as mild. Symmetric and unilateral reaching tasks identified fewer impairments.
• SLPCase Series2024Revealing Linguistic and Verbal Short-Term and Working Memory Abilities in People with Severe Aphasia.AphasiologyPeople with severe aphasia who could not speak showed hidden strengths in word meaning and memory when tested by pointing. Standard verbal tests missed these abilities. This suggests using nonverbal assessments to find preserved skills rather than assuming a lack of potential.
• SLPCase Report2024Person-centered aural rehabilitation program improved mood, cognition, and auditory processing in a professional musician who uses a hearing aid and cochlear implant: Case Report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesA single musician using a hearing aid and cochlear implant reported more positive mood and less irritation after structured home music listening. Music likeability ratings changed little, except for woodwinds and horns.
• OTSurvey2024Sleep quality and the need for recovery among nurses working irregular shifts: A cross-sectional study.Work (Reading, Mass.)Nurses working irregular shifts, especially those with night shifts, reported poorer sleep quality and greater difficulty functioning during the day. Poor sleep was strongly linked to a higher need for recovery after work, suggesting sleep quality is a key factor in post-work fatigue.
• SLPCohort2023The Utility of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills as a Literacy Screener for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsFor deaf and hard-of-hearing children with strong language skills, the DIBELS screener matched hearing peers in most areas and correlated with standard tests. However, it missed reading comprehension deficits found on other measures. Do not rely on it alone to rule out literacy delays.
• PTOther2024Interindividual differences in physical function and their impact on regular player selection among junior high school soccer athletes.Journal of physical therapy scienceJunior soccer players chosen as regulars had higher jump height and bike power than non-regulars, even after age, height, and weight. Agility and sprint times did not differ. This is about selection, not treatment.
• OTSurvey2024Work-life balance and the psychosocial work environment in Finnish working life: The case of gender and family life stages.Work (Reading, Mass.)For women, family life stages with young children were linked to lower work-life balance, while for men they were not. For both sexes, higher social support at work was linked to better balance, and higher work demands to worse balance.
• PTCase Series2024A Pre and Postnatal Physical Therapy Protocol for Recreational Athletes: A Case Series.International journal of sports physical therapyAll six recreational athlete mothers returned to desired running or group fitness without pain, urinary dysfunction, or prolapse and improved function and urinary distress scores after physical therapy visits, a home exercise program, and individualized pelvic floor care.
• OTSLPQualitative2024Work-support techniques used by occupational therapists to facilitate support after acquired brain injuries: A qualitative study.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTExperienced Japanese OTs described six core areas of work support for clients with acquired brain injury: vocational life rhythms, interpersonal skills, work tasks, compensation measures, illness awareness, and goal setting. These themes guide practice but are not tested interventions.
• PTOther2024Effects of local vibration stimulation on muscle recovery and hypertrophy.Journal of physical therapy scienceAfter one week of elbow flexor training in healthy students, local vibration after training did not significantly improve strength, arm size, muscle thickness, or hardness. Ultrasound brightness increased in the vibration group, but its clinical meaning is unclear.
• Other2024Enhanced hippocampal LTP but normal NMDA receptor and AMPA receptor function in a rat model of CDKL5 deficiency disorder.Molecular autismIn rats lacking the CDKL5 protein, hippocampal plasticity was enhanced and spine density increased, but receptor function remained normal. The mechanisms driving these changes are unclear and differ from mouse models, so no direct clinical application exists for therapists yet.
• SLPQualitative2024Dr. Audrey Holland's Crazy Patchwork Quilt: A Thematic Analysis.Seminars in speech and languageAudrey Holland’s published voice prioritizes listening, strengths-based assessment, and personalized care over standardized testing. She warned that generic therapy fails to address real-world communication needs and urged clinicians to treat counseling as a core skill rather than an optional add-on.
• OTSurvey2024"Your Child Should Not Return": Preschool Expulsion Among Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as an Early Indicator of Later Risks.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPChildren with ADHD who had been expelled from preschool had more severe symptoms, other mental or behavioral disorders, and later school and family difficulties than children with ADHD who had not been expelled.
• SLPCohort2024Family history of psychiatric conditions and development of siblings of children with autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn siblings of children with autism, family history of anxiety or schizophrenia was linked to higher autistic social features. Intellectual disability, anxiety or bipolar disorder were linked to lower IQ or adaptive scores. Depression was linked to higher IQ and communication.
• PTOTOther2024Healthy older adults generate transverse-plane momenta required for 90° turns while walking during the same phases of gait as used in straight-line gait.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationHealthy older adults use the same body mechanics to turn as they do to walk straight. They push their body sideways during right-leg stance and twist their body during double-leg stance. These specific moments offer targets for balance training.
• PTOTPilot2024Assessment of park paths and trails to promote physical accessibility among wheelchair users in Saudi Arabia.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTGate clearance was consistent across Riyadh park paths, but accessible restrooms, access points, and paved bench areas were inconsistent. Wheelchair users may face barriers to using park paths.
• PTOTOther2024Assessing proprioception in children with upper motor neuron lesions: feasibility, validity, and reliability of the proprioception measurement tool.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesA new sensor-based tool can reliably measure lower limb proprioception in children with upper motor neuron lesions. It distinguishes these children from typically developing peers, though the joint movement sense component is less precise than position sense.
• PTOTQualitative2024Application of the participatory design in the testing of a baropodometric insole prototype for weight-bearing asymmetry after a stroke: A qualitative study.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTOne woman after stroke described a vibrating insole prototype as comfortable and felt she was walking more normally. Shoe size and app faults were barriers.
• PTOTSLPOther2024A Participatory Model for Cocreating Accessible Rehabilitation Technology for Stroke Survivors: User-Centered Design Approach.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesStroke survivors who completed an 8-week technology-based rehabilitation program provided detailed feedback that shaped the design of new devices, including a low-cost hand tool and a dosage monitoring app. This describes a development process, not evidence that these tools improve function.
• PTOTSurvey2024Health equity profile of knee replacement patients in the South African public sector: A descriptive study.The South African journal of physiotherapyOne in three knee replacement patients at a South African public hospital waited over five years. Older patients and those with lower socioeconomic status waited significantly longer. More than half reported severe mobility issues and pain, with many experiencing anxiety and depression.
• PTOther2024Testing the interrater reliability of integrated interpretations using a problem-solving model.Journal of physical therapy scienceTen experienced PTs rated student problem-solving maps with high agreement (ICC 0.88). This suggests the structured mapping method makes clinical reasoning evaluation more consistent than subjective text review, though the small sample limits generalizability.
• PTOTSLPOther2024Temporal changes in postural control strategy through single-leg stance practice with active restriction of knee movement.Journal of physical therapy scienceTwo weeks of single-leg stance practice reduced balance sway in healthy young women, regardless of whether they actively restricted knee movement. However, only the knee-restricted group showed a specific reduction in knee sway over time, while the other group saw changes in pelvic sway.
• PTOTCohort2024Non-adherence to follow-up care in persons with spinal cord injury within 10 years after initial rehabilitation.Journal of rehabilitation medicineTen years after rehab, only 36% of people with spinal cord injury attended annual follow-ups. Older age, lack of a partner, and travel times over 2 hours predicted non-adherence. Deaths accounted for 29% of dropouts, while 44% of those who died stopped attending within the first year.
• SLPCohort2024Mid-childhood autism sibling recurrence in infants with a family history of autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAt mid-childhood, 37.1% of 159 siblings of autistic children were diagnosed by researchers, compared with 16.8% of 226 siblings assessed at 3 years. Thirty-one of 59 mid-childhood diagnoses were first made later.
• SLPOther2024Processing of Visual Speech Cues in Speech-in-Noise Comprehension Depends on Working Memory Capacity and Enhances Neural Speech Tracking in Older Adults With Hearing Impairment.Trends in hearingSeeing the speaker's mouth did not improve comprehension of sentences in noise for older adults with hearing loss. Comprehension was linked to working memory, and visual cues increased the brain's tracking of speech, but that tracking did not predict better understanding.
• SLPRCT2024Sound Localization in Single-Sided Deafness; Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial on the Comparison Between Cochlear Implantation, Bone Conduction Devices, and Contralateral Routing of Signals Hearing Aids.Trends in hearingCochlear implant treatment, including implantation, activation, setting adjustments, and speech-language therapy, gave adults with single-sided deafness better sound localization after two years than bone conduction devices, CROS hearing aids, or no treatment. Bone conduction and CROS did not improve localization over no treatment.
• PTPilot2024Cognitive load in individuals with a transfemoral amputation during single- and dual-task walking: a pilot study of brain activity in people using a socket prosthesis or a bone-anchored prosthesis.Journal of rehabilitation medicineBrain activity while walking was similar between transfemoral amputation users of socket prostheses and bone-anchored prostheses. Both groups showed larger brain-activity fluctuations during dual-task walking, but the pilot found no clear group difference.
• PTOTPilot2024Smartwatch-based functional assessment for upper extremity impairment after musculoskeletal injuries: A pilot study.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTSmartwatch movement data correlated with clinical scores in ten patients with shoulder injuries. Smoothness metrics tracked elbow and forearm function. This suggests wearable sensors could monitor rehab progress, but the tiny sample and single device mean it is not yet a reliable clinical tool.
• PTRCT2024Inspiratory muscle training in children with neuromuscular disorders.The South African journal of physiotherapyRespiratory infections and hospital stays did not differ between training and no-training periods, and no serious problems were linked to training. Strength and cough ability improved during training compared with no training, but lung volume and flow measures did not change.
• SLPOther2023The neuropsychological functions of schoolchildren after the reopening of brazilian schools during the Covid-19 pandemic.CoDASAfter 15 months of school closure, 117 Brazilian children aged six to eight frequently showed alert or deficit scores in language, memory, attention, orientation, arithmetic, visuospatial skills and verbal fluency. No pre-pandemic baseline was reported.
• OTCase Report2024Suspected exertional heat stroke: A case study of worker cooling in a hot and humid field environment.Work (Reading, Mass.)Colleagues used ice towels from a workplace heat stroke kit while emergency help was called for a worker with suspected heat stroke. The report describes a single person, not proof that ice towels prevent heat stroke.
• PTOther2024Postural analysis and ergonomic intervention of unorganized workers in indian construction sectors.Work (Reading, Mass.)Construction workers showed high posture risk. After a package of ergonomic recommendations for high-risk postures, including sitting closer, using trolleys, and short breaks, posture risk scores were lower.
• PTOTSystematic Review2024Comparison of ultrasound- vs. landmark-guided injections for musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review.Journal of rehabilitation medicineUltrasound guidance is consistently more accurate than landmark techniques for joint injections. However, this precision rarely translates to better pain relief or function for the shoulder, with most studies showing no significant clinical difference between the two methods.