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 581 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOTSLPCohort2025To Identify and Compare ActivPAL Objectively Measured Activity Levels With Self-Reported Activity From the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in Older Adults With Intellectual Disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDSelf-reported activity questionnaires badly misrepresent real movement in older adults with intellectual disability. They overestimate vigorous activity by 93% and underestimate mild activity by 57% compared to wearable sensors. Use objective measures, not patient recall, to assess baseline fitness.
• PTOTSLPOther2025The REAsmash serious game for the post-stroke diagnosis of distractor inhibition: contrast between immersive and non-immersive virtual reality test versions.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicinePost-stroke participants were slower than healthy controls on a serious game testing distractor inhibition. Immersive VR caused slower responses than non-immersive screens. However, the pattern of errors remained consistent across both VR types and groups, suggesting the test measures the same cognitive skill regardless of the device used.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Submovements in manual tracking: people with Parkinson's disease produce more submovements than age-matched controls.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPeople with Parkinson's made more small corrective movements and had larger timing and position errors than controls during manual tracking. This held true across all tested speeds. Older adults without Parkinson's showed similar error patterns to younger adults regarding movement smoothness.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2025Non-invasive cerebral and spinal cord stimulation for motor and gait recovery in incomplete spinal cord injury: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPooled non-invasive brain and spinal stimulation improved lower limb strength and gait, but this benefit vanished when broken down by technique. rTMS helped strength more than walking; tDCS effects were small. Spinal stimulation data was too sparse to conclude anything.
• OTOther2025The association of upper limb sensorimotor capacity, everyday inpatient behavior, and the effects of neurorehabilitation in persons with multiple sclerosis and stroke: a mixed-design study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn inpatient rehab, people with MS or stroke made fewer upper-limb movements per minute than healthy adults. Everyday movement matched lab tests only weakly, and rehab gains did not clearly translate into daily behavior.
• OTSurvey2025Associations between disability status and stressors experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic among women with a recent live birth, 2020.Disability and health journalPostpartum women who reported a lot of difficulty or inability in seeing, hearing, walking, remembering, self-care, or communication had more pandemic stressors than women without disability, especially food insecurity and partner-related strain.
• SLPOther2025Cochlear-implant simulated spectral degradation attenuates emotional responses to environmental sounds.International journal of audiologyNormal-hearing listeners rated environmental sounds processed like a cochlear implant as closer to neutral and less exciting than natural sounds.
• Other2025Assessing the causal association between celiac disease and autism spectrum disorder: A two-sample Mendelian randomization approach.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchGenetic evidence shows no causal link between celiac disease and autism. While some observational studies suggested a connection, this analysis indicates that prior associations may have been influenced by confounding factors rather than a direct biological cause.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Health service utilization among autistic youth in Aotearoa New Zealand: A nationwide cross-sectional study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic youth in New Zealand used mental health services, psychotropic medication and hospital care at much higher rates than matched non-autistic peers, but used accident compensation services less. Those with intellectual disability had even higher non-psychiatric hospital use.
• PTPilot2025Impact of an upper limb motion-driven virtual rehabilitation system on residual motor function in patients with complete spinal cord injury： a pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn 12 people with complete spinal cord injury, a short VR session made lower-limb muscle signals more often clearly tied to ankle movement attempts. It did not reliably increase how often any muscle signal appeared. This is an assessment effect, not proven recovery.
• PTOTSLPRCT2024Effects of simultaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation and static stretching on flexibility and strength: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of physical therapy scienceCombining electrical stimulation with stretching improved forward bending distance more than stimulation alone, but it did not improve ankle flexibility or strength. The added stretch helped hamstring range of motion immediately, with no adverse events reported.
• PTOther2024Percentage of decline in individual proprioceptors in older adults.Journal of physical therapy scienceOlder adults had smaller sway responses to vibration than young adults, indicating reduced proprioception in lower leg and trunk muscle spindles. The study describes group differences only and did not test treatment or fall outcomes.
• SLPOther2024Reading metacomprehension of Spanish deaf and hard-of-hearing students.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationDeaf and hard-of-hearing students judged their reading as accurately as hearing peers matched on reading score. They still struggled to use context clues to work out unknown words and rated their understanding inaccurately more often than age-matched peers.
• SLPCohort2024Barriers to Early Progress in Adult Cochlear Implant Outcomes.Ear and hearingAdult cochlear implant users who understood fewer than 90% of words in sentences at 1 month were more likely to have detectable thinking or peripheral limiting factors. Early scores may flag who needs closer follow-up.
• PTCohort2024A Modification to the Assessment of Problem-Solving in Play to Enhance Its Utility: Evaluation of Validity, Responsiveness, and Reliability.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy AssociationA new scoring method for assessing problem-solving in play takes 10 to 18 minutes to score and can be learned in 4 to 8 hours. It correlates strongly with standard cognitive tests in infants with motor delays, offering a feasible way to track progress over time.
• Other2024Socio-affective communication in Tph2-deficient rat pups: communal nesting aggravates growth retardation despite ameliorating maternal affiliation deficits.Molecular autismIn rat pups with a genetic brain serotonin deficiency, communal nesting improved mother-pup odor preference but worsened growth and did not restore ultrasonic calls. This animal study has no direct therapy finding.
• SLPCohort2024Hearing Loss and Annual Earnings Over a 20-Year Period: The HUNT Cohort Study.Ear and hearingAdults with hearing loss had slower annual earnings growth over the follow-up than adults with normal hearing. The gap widened over time, and disabling loss showed the largest difference.
• SLPCohort2024Association between participation restriction due to hearing loss and self-perception of health, social support, and quality of life in elderly people: a cross-sectional study.CoDASPoorer self-perception of health is associated with hearing handicap in older adults. Quality of life and social support did not independently predict participation restriction, suggesting clinicians should assess how patients view their own health rather than relying solely on standard quality-of-life metrics.
• PTOther2024The effectiveness of clinical thinking using a problem-solving model.Journal of physical therapy scienceStudents using a hierarchical problem-solving model scored higher on clinical thinking consistency than those using standard ICF charts. The model's top-down structure from participation restrictions to underlying causes appeared to help students link problems to treatments more clearly.
• OTOther2024Effects of the wheelchair sitting posture on gluteal pressure.Journal of physical therapy scienceLeaning forward against a table while sitting in a wheelchair lowered maximum gluteal pressure compared to upright sitting. Placing feet on the floor instead of the footrest lowered pressure further and increased contact area. These findings come from healthy young adults, not older wheelchair users.
• SLPPilot2025The Effects of Adding Particles in Texture Modified Food on Tongue Strength and Swallowing Function in Patients with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: A Proof of Concept Study.DysphagiaSwallowing safety did not differ when pureed food contained small or large carrot particles, and tongue strength did not change, in 10 patients with dysphagia.
• OTSurvey2025Understanding the barriers to hiring autistic people as perceived by employers in the United Kingdom.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceEmployers are willing to hire autistic people but lack knowledge on adjustments and workplace policies. Previous hiring experience was the strongest predictor of intent. Perceived knowledge did not match actual knowledge, suggesting education alone is insufficient without practical support and structural changes.
• PTOTQualitative2025Human interactions remain at the heart of rehabilitation with advanced technology: a practice-embedded longitudinal qualitative study with allied health clinicians.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationClinicians integrating robotics, virtual reality and sensors described uptake as heavy learning, emotional work and expectation management. They said advanced technology helped more repetitions and engagement, but conventional therapy stayed essential for daily life.
• PTOTQualitative2025Services Addressing Mental Health Needs of Youth in Physical Rehabilitation: Perspectives of Clinicians, Youth and Family Members.Child: care, health and developmentIn physical rehabilitation, youth, parents and clinicians described mental health care as under-resourced. Key gaps were missing psychologists, short or restricted sessions, and lost services at transition. Trust and team links helped.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Contextual Determinants of Health Disparities in Utilization of Community-Based Rehabilitation Services Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries With Traumatic Brain Injury.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationWhere older TBI patients live shapes whether they get home or clinic rehab. High unemployment and rural living linked to less home care and less outpatient care respectively. Severe housing problems linked to more outpatient care. Context matters for access.
• SLPOther2025Analysis of Patients' Dietary Status/Restrictions Following Instrumental Swallow Evaluations in Skilled Nursing Facilities.DysphagiaAfter mobile swallow evaluations in skilled nursing facilities, many residents were recommended less restrictive diets and liquids. Thin liquids were recommended for 651 residents after the evaluation, compared with 301 before. The paper did not confirm that residents tolerated these changes.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025'Who Listens to the Listener, Who Cares for the Carer?' A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Connectedness and Sleep Experiences of Young Siblings of Neurodivergent People.Child: care, health and developmentYoung siblings of neurodivergent people describe loneliness as having no one who understands their caring role. They carry anxiety about the future and fear burdening parents, so they rarely seek help. Most report sleep problems stem from worry, not their sibling's night waking.
• PTCohort2025Confidence to Return to Play After Concussion.Journal of sport rehabilitationAthletes reported low confidence immediately after concussion, which improved over time. However, 11% returned to competition with lingering confidence concerns. Acute symptom severity predicted initial low confidence, but sex, sport type, and concussion history did not affect confidence recovery.
• OTOther2025Trait and state mathematics anxiety in autistic and non-autistic school-aged boys.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn 110 boys aged 8 to 16, autistic boys reported more worries and less pleasant feelings during a timed math task, and scored lower, even though their long-term math anxiety questionnaire did not differ from non-autistic boys.
• SLPOther2025Reliability and Confidence of Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) Rating Among Research and Clinical Speech Pathologists Before and After Implementation of a Training Manual: A Multi-site Study.DysphagiaAfter a written training manual for DIGEST, a swallowing grading method, 23 speech pathologists' video ratings matched the lab standard a median 84% of the time, compared with a median 76% among 32 raters at baseline. Confidence rose, but confidence did not track accuracy.
• PTOTCohort2025Rehabilitation training robot using mirror therapy for the upper and lower limb after stroke: a prospective cohort study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationRobot training did not improve daily living independence more than standard therapy. It increased shoulder flexor strength in upper-limb users and hip, knee, and ankle strength in lower-limb users. Brain scans showed connectivity changes in both groups. Standard care remains the benchmark for functional independence.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Environmental Barriers are Associated With Rehabilitation Needs 10 to 15 Years After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Veterans Affairs TBI Model Systems Study.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationVeterans with traumatic brain injury reported more unmet rehabilitation needs 10 to 15 years later when they faced environmental barriers. Attitudes of others, discrimination, and lack of accessible services were the strongest links, even after accounting for cognitive disability.
• SLPRCT2025Reverse transcriptase inhibitors in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: A crossover clinical trial.Developmental medicine and child neurologyReverse transcriptase inhibitors did not significantly lower interferon scores after 6 weeks in children with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. Single-drug arms showed no effect. Triple therapy lowered scores at 3 weeks but not 6, and the finding failed sensitivity checks. Poor adherence limited the trial.
• OTSLPQualitative2025'It depends entirely on the nature of those supports': Community perceptions of the appropriateness of early support services for autistic children.Autism : the international journal of research and practice50.2% said early supports are okay, and 48.2% said it depends. Participants said supports should respect childhood, affirm autism and fit families.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Emergency department utilization by spina bifida patients in Florida 2016-2020.Journal of rehabilitation medicineYoung adults with spina bifida in Florida used the emergency department most, especially those aged 20 to 29. Common reasons included infections, seizures, and bowel issues. These presentations suggest gaps in routine outpatient care during the transition from paediatric to adult services.
• PTOther2025ABC Grow Healthy Practices and Obesity-Related Health Behaviours in Family Child Care Homes in South Carolina.Child: care, health and developmentBefore ABC homes had to meet Grow Healthy standards, children in South Carolina family child care homes did not differ in activity, sedentary time, sleep, or overall diet quality; for child behavior outcomes, only fat and protein calorie shares differed.
• PTQualitative2024A Qualitative Study of Factors Perceived to Influence Physical Activity among Young Athletes after ACL Reconstruction.International journal of sports physical therapyYoung athletes after ACL reconstruction described fear, soreness, and lost time as barriers, yet kept moving through body awareness, personal meaning, and social accountability.
• PTOther2024First-contact physiotherapists' perceived competency in a new model of care for low back pain patients: a mixed methods study.Archives of physiotherapyNine French physiotherapists working as first-contact practitioners felt competent diagnosing acute low back pain and referring for physiotherapy, but less competent prescribing NSAIDs and issuing sick leave. Experience, training, collaboration, and risk shaped confidence.
• SLPCase Series2024Effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on the speech of Spanish-speaking Parkinson's disease patients during the first year of treatment.CoDASAcross the group, speech measures did not show confirmed change during the first year after STN-DBS. Individual patients varied, with some increases and some decreases in specific measures, so no uniform speech effect can be assumed.
• PTNarrative Review2024Rehabilitation and Return to Sports after Achilles Tendon Repair.International journal of sports physical therapyThis commentary outlines a phased, criterion-based rehabilitation protocol for athletes after Achilles tendon repair. It recommends early weight-bearing and mobilization, using blood flow restriction to maintain strength, and strict monitoring of tendon elongation to guide safe return to sport.
• PTNarrative Review2024Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries: Applications in Rehabilitation.International journal of sports physical therapyThis review describes how ultrasound can image medial collateral ligament injuries but reports no patient outcomes or diagnostic accuracy data. It offers no evidence that this method changes rehabilitation results compared to standard care.
• PTOTSLPCohort2024Cognitive Changes Up to 4 Years After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Using the RBANS-H.Ear and hearingCognitive scores improved significantly one year after cochlear implantation but returned to baseline levels by four years. Quality of life and hearing gains persisted longer. Without a control group, practice effects from repeated testing may explain the early cognitive rise, so do not assume the implant caused lasting cognitive improvement.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2024Effectiveness of Distance Educational Programs for parents of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: an integrative review.CoDASParent education programs using distance delivery reported gains in communication, routines, and behavior for children with autism, but evidence came from six small, mixed studies. Treat this as promising, not proven.
• PTOther2024Addressing Health Care Access Disparities Through a Public Health Approach to Physical Therapist Practice.Physical therapyThis paper outlines a framework for physical therapists to move beyond one-to-one clinic care and address health disparities. It suggests using telehealth, task-shifting, and community partnerships to reach more patients, but it does not test whether these methods improve patient outcomes.
• PTOTOther2024"I feel more confident": a mixed methods evaluation of the influence of Good Life with osteoarthritis Denmark (GLA:D®) on physical activity participation, capability, barriers, and facilitators in people with knee osteoarthritis.Brazilian journal of physical therapyGLA:D® reduced fear of knee damage and improved confidence and function, but physical activity participation did not increase. Therapists should not assume improved confidence translates to more activity; address persistent pain, motivation, and environmental barriers separately.
• OTSLPOther2025Structure and dynamics of anxiety in people with ASD and ID: A network analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn adults with autism and intellectual disability, anxiety and autism symptoms formed a single mixed network rather than separate clusters. Fear of being touched or pushed acted as a central bridge, linking social behaviors like smiling or being friendly to anxiety symptoms.
• SLPCase-Control2025Exploration of working memory retrieval stage for mild cognitive impairment: time-varying causality analysis of electroencephalogram based on dynamic brain networks.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationPeople with mild cognitive impairment performed worse on a four-item memory task than controls. Their brain networks showed disordered activity in the left frontal and right occipital regions during retrieval. This suggests low-load tasks may help distinguish MCI.
• PTQualitative2025Facilitators and barriers to physical activity in patients in an acute care hospital setting from an interprofessional perspective: A qualitative study.Clinical rehabilitationStaff described health literacy as central to physical activity in hospitals. Patients who can find, understand and use information may take responsibility and set goals, while pain, devices, bed-centred routines and time pressure block movement.
• PTRCT2025Evaluating the health and fitness benefits of a 6-month FES-cycling program on a recumbent trike for individuals with motor complete SCI: a pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationFive men with complete spinal cord injury who cycled with electrical stimulation on a recumbent trike for six months had larger thigh muscles and higher cycling power. Bone, bowel, pain, heart and blood pressure control, well-being, and endurance did not show clear gains.
• Other2025Grip and manipulation forces are controlled independently in a coupled bimanual task.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationIn healthy adults doing a bimanual needle task, grip force rose more steeply in the back hand than the front hand, while manipulation force sharing varied. The grip pattern followed hand position, not whether the left or right hand was in front.