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 603 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTPilot2025High-Intensity Gait Training for Patients After Stroke: A Feasibility Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyHigh-intensity gait training was feasible for 15 severely impaired stroke patients, including non-ambulatory ones. Most completed at least eight sessions with no serious adverse events. Patients reported high satisfaction. Gait measures improved, but without a control group, the training's specific effect cannot be separated from natural recovery or other rehab.
• PTOTCohort2025The Intersection of Variability in Gross Motor Performance and Adaptive Behavior in Young Autistic Children: Combining Video Data Analysis and Standardized Assessments.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchRemote video analysis showed autistic children had high variability in walking and balance. More consistent walking speed linked to better adaptive behavior, but more consistent walking behaviors linked to worse adaptive behavior. Standardized test scores did not correlate with these video measures.
• OTSLPPilot2025Occupational performance patterns in children with paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.Australian occupational therapy journalChildren with PANS show a significant drop in social skills and overall daily functioning during flare-ups, but return to typical performance levels when in remission. Assessments taken during a flare may falsely suggest autism, so testing during remission is crucial for accurate diagnosis.
• SLPCase-Control2025Tongue pressure and self-assessment of swallowing after total laryngectomy.CoDASLaryngectomy patients had higher tongue dorsum pressure than controls, but no difference in tongue tip pressure. Tongue pressure did not correlate with self-reported swallowing symptoms. Patients most commonly reported needing liquids to help food go down and difficulty with dry foods.
• SLPCohort2025Characterization of swallowing in older adults with dementia.CoDASSwallowing signs were more frequent at higher dementia stages: mild dementia had more solid residue than neurotypical adults, and severe dementia had liquid spillage, oral residue, longer liquid transit, cough with solids, abnormal neck sounds, and oxygen saturation drops with liquid.
• PTSurvey2025Exercise Prescription for Patients With Persistent Low Back Pain Who Present With Impaired Lateral Abdominal Muscle Activation: A Delphi Survey.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyExpert physiotherapists agreed on a 4–12 week exercise plan for persistent low back pain with lateral abdominal muscle issues. Start with daily motor control work, then progress to endurance and strength using bird dogs and bridges, while keeping the program individualized.
• PTOTCohort2025Fatigue and recovery assessed by repetitive handgrip strength measurement as predictors of fall risk in older adults: A cross-sectional study.Clinical rehabilitationOlder adults who had fallen showed worse handgrip fatigue and recovery than those who had not. In adjusted models, a higher fatigue ratio predicted more future falls, while previous falls and lower physical performance were the strongest predictors.
• OTQualitative2025Participation Strategies Used by Young People With and Without Physical Disabilities.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthYoung people with and without physical disabilities both rely heavily on time management and social support to participate. Those with disabilities use more environment-focused strategies like accommodations and advocacy, but no strategy was tested for effectiveness.
• OTQualitative2025'We're quite good at thinking outside the box: Early autistic sensory experiences expressed by autistic adults and caregivers of autistic children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults and caregivers described early sensory differences as unique to each person and changing by context. Overload could make daily tasks painful, while controlled sensory routines were used to feel safe and participate.
• SLPOther2025FonoTCS: validation of a tool for assessing clinical reasoning in Speech-Language pathology.CoDASThe FonoTCS test reliably measures clinical reasoning in speech therapy. It consistently scores students and specialists, helping educators distinguish between novice and expert decision-making in uncertain cases.
• OTPilot2025Telehealth Lifestyle Pilot Study for Improving Occupational Performance in Older Adults.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthTwelve older adults completed six telehealth lifestyle sessions. Goal attainment improved significantly, but quality of life scores did not change. The short duration and lack of a control group mean this shows the program was feasible, not that it works.
• SLPOther2025Acoustically Transparent Hearing Aids Increase Physiological Markers of Listening Effort.Trends in hearingTransparent hearing aids increased physiological markers of listening effort in normal-hearing listeners, even though they did not significantly worsen self-reported effort. Speech intelligibility declined slightly, but the brain and eye responses showed a much larger increase in cognitive load.
• OTQualitative2025Developing an initial explanatory theory for Partnering for Change using realist evaluation.Australian occupational therapy journalResearchers developed a theory explaining how school-based occupational therapy works, not just that it does. Success depends on specific conditions: therapists must be open to collaboration, schools need supportive leadership, and therapists require paid training and mentorship to shift from individual caseloads to whole-school support.
• PTOTQualitative2025Patient experiences of shared decision-making following a displaced collarbone injury: A qualitative interview study.Clinical rehabilitationPatients with displaced collarbone injuries described inconsistent explanations from clinicians. Confusing terminology and varying grades made it hard to understand their injury. This uncertainty left many feeling unsupported in decision-making, despite shared decision-making being the goal.
• Narrative Review2025A brief discussion on the role of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the efficacy of rehabilitation medicine.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesNo original methods or results are reported, so there is nothing here to change practice.
• PTOther2025Shared Decision-Making in Physical Therapist Care for People With Shoulder Problems: An Observer-Based Analysis of Audio-Recorded Consultations.Physical therapyIn 100 shoulder consultations, physical therapists rarely used shared decision-making. Scores averaged 27 out of 100. Longer appointments and therapists with master's degrees showed more patient involvement, but no consultation reached the highest level of engagement.
• SLPNarrative Review2025The Pediatric Vocal Mechanism: Structure and Function.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationChildren's vocal folds are structurally and functionally different from adults, with shorter length, undifferentiated tissue, and higher subglottal pressure. Voice measures change predictably with age and sex, so clinical assessment must use pediatric-specific norms rather than adult standards.
• PTOTSystematic Review2025Exploring the Beliefs, Perceptions, and Experiences of Individuals With Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography of Qualitative Studies.Physical therapyPatients with tendon pain want to know why it hurts and often fear exercise will cause damage. They struggle to engage with rehab due to time, pain, or lack of trust. Clinicians should explain the condition clearly, reassure patients that gradual loading is safe, and simplify exercises to fit daily life.
• SLPOther2025Evaluation of a Modified Corsi Task to Assess Visuospatial Short-Term Memory in Young Children With Down Syndrome.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesA modified memory task using large, colorful buttons works well for children with Down syndrome aged 5 to 8, but many younger children cannot complete it. It shows good stability over two weeks and tracks with age, making it a useful research tool for this older group.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Physical Therapy Management of Fall Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Physical Therapy Association - Geriatrics.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)Multicomponent exercise with progressive balance training is the most effective way to reduce falls. Tai Chi works well for lower-risk patients. Resistance training or education alone does not reduce falls and should not be used in isolation.
• OTCohort2025Participation in health promoting occupations among mothers of children aged 3-8 years with and without difficulties in sensory processing.Australian occupational therapy journalMothers of children with sensory modulation difficulties reported feeling less competent and participating less frequently in health-promoting activities than mothers of typically developing children. These lower scores were associated with reduced quality of life across all domains.
• SLPOther2025Acknowledging a Stutter Affects the Impression One Makes in a Job Interview.International journal of language & communication disordersMock job applicants who stuttered but acknowledged it at the start were rated as well as those who did not stutter. Applicants who stuttered without acknowledging it were rated significantly lower. Early, neutral disclosure may help counteract interview bias.
• SLPCohort2025The swallow, a target to follow the restauration of consciousness in acquired brain injury.Journal of rehabilitation medicineSwallowing ability tracked closely with levels of consciousness in ten patients with acquired brain injury. Better oral and pharyngeal function matched higher consciousness scores. This suggests swallowing status may help track recovery, though the small sample limits certainty.
• Qualitative2025Parenting in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.Child: care, health and developmentParents in the NICU felt safe trusting staff but feared harming their fragile infants, especially during kangaroo care. Discharge readiness depended on gestational age, not just clinical stability. Mothers needed hands-on training for tasks like bathing; fathers often felt like observers until they took direct care.
• SLPCohort2025Self-reported masking in sexual minority and heterosexual autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceSexual minority autistic adults reported slightly more masking than heterosexual autistic adults. The difference was small and driven by assimilation and compensation strategies rather than direct concealment. Clinicians should recognize that sexual minority status is associated with increased social camouflaging.
• PTOTSurvey2025Motivation Matters: Elucidating Factors Driving Exercise in People With Parkinson Disease.Physical therapyMost people with Parkinson disease who exercise are motivated by wanting to stay independent and seeing physical benefits, not by external rewards. Fatigue is the top barrier. Prior exercise habits and self-compassion predict current motivation more strongly than disease severity or age.
• SLPCohort2025Factors Associated With Length of Hospital Stay for Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDInpatients with intellectual disabilities stayed an average of 2053.9 days. Older age, psychological therapy, and positive behavioural support were linked to longer stays, while autism and ADHD diagnoses were linked to shorter stays. Health scores improved over time.
• PTCohort2025Social Determinants of Health and Quadriceps Strength Recovery in Children and Adolescents following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.International journal of sports physical therapyBlack or African American girls recovered significantly less quadriceps strength than boys or White patients after ACL reconstruction. Neighborhood deprivation indices lost their statistical significance once age and graft type were accounted for.
• OTPilot2025Effects of game design characteristics of a virtual reality serious game for upper-limb prosthesis control training on motor learning.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAble-bodied participants got faster at grasping and moving virtual cups in a small VR game for virtual prosthetic hand control training, but did not improve force control to avoid crushing glasses. It tested game design, not whether prosthesis training works.
• OTCohort2025Relationships between sensory reactivity and occupational performance in children with paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS).Australian occupational therapy journalDuring PANS exacerbations, higher sensory reactivity scores correlated with lower communication and daily living skills. However, sensory reactivity showed no significant link to socialisation scores. This suggests sensory issues explain functional decline in some areas, but other factors may drive social difficulties.
• PTCase Report2025Spinal cord injury and electrical stimulation: analysis of neuroplasticity in a case report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesBoth patients with spinal cord injury showed neurological and muscle activation changes during neuromuscular electrical stimulation. With no control or comparison, the paper cannot show the stimulation caused these changes.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Overhead support systems differentially affect gait analysis of overground and treadmill walking.Gait & postureOverhead safety harnesses significantly alter gait mechanics during overground walking, especially at faster speeds. They have minimal impact on treadmill walking. Clinicians should use slower speeds or manual assistance when assessing overground gait with these systems.
• Survey2025Determination of core knowledge and skills for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine certification: A systematic practice analysis.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineThis paper details how the Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine certification exam content was updated based on physician surveys. It does not report patient outcomes or evaluate therapies, so it contains no evidence to change clinical practice.
• PTSurvey2025A Cross-Sectional Examination of Movement Behaviours and Guideline Adherence Rates Among Preschool-Aged Children With Disabilities.Child: care, health and developmentCaregivers reported that only 23% of 31 children aged 4 years with disabilities met the physical activity guideline and 8% met the screen-time guideline, while 83% met the sleep guideline.
• SLPCohort2025Tongue pressure in sarcopenic and dynapenic elderly.CoDASTongue pressure did not show a clear difference between sarcopenic and dynapenic institutionalized elderly, but 17 of 29 had low tongue pressure, and low pressure was associated with weaker handgrip in sarcopenic women.
• PTOTNarrative Review2025Exploring the Landscape of Biomarkers in Spinal Cord Injury.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationSpinal cord injury lacks FDA-approved biomarkers for predicting recovery, so clinicians must still rely on the ISNCSCI exam despite its variability. This review maps emerging candidates like serum proteins and MRI tissue bridges, but none are ready for routine clinical use yet.
• SLPSurvey2025Towards Context-Specific EHDI Services: Understanding Caregivers' Priorities and Preferences in South Africa Through a Conjoint Analysis.Child: care, health and developmentCaregivers preferred early intervention services in their home language. Other preferences, including nearest clinic, home-based therapy, regular support, and lower costs, were not clear enough to rely on.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Examining and comparing the clinical characteristics of adults with persisting post-concussion symptoms presenting for outpatient rehabilitation following a mild traumatic brain injury or a minimal head injury.Journal of rehabilitation medicinePatients referred to rehab with persisting symptoms after a mild head injury report similar high symptom burdens and disability whether their injury met criteria for mild TBI or was even milder. Nearly half had no loss of consciousness or amnesia. Treat symptoms and function, not just injury severity.
• SLPOther2025Objectively Measuring Audiovisual Effects in Noise Using Virtual Human Speakers.Trends in hearingSeeing a virtual speaker's lip movements improved speech-in-noise scores and brain responses to the speech in young normal-hearing adults, but the study did not show the benefit grew as noise increased.
• SLPOther2025Modeling the Latent Factor Structure of the "EXcEEDS" (EXecutive function Early Evaluation in Down Syndrome) Battery.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesThe EXcEEDS battery for young children with Down syndrome splits into two distinct factors: one for inhibition tasks and another combining working memory, short-term memory, and flexibility. This structure supports using the battery to measure early executive function without language or motor confounds.
• SLPOther2025Acoustic and Psychoacoustic Analyses of Predominant Strain Elicited via Modulated Vocal Effort.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationWhen people with normal voices produced strain by imagining lifting heavy boxes, a computer measure called 'sharpness' tracked the strain better than any other acoustic metric. It successfully separated mild strain from severe strain, whereas common measures like jitter and cepstral peaks failed to distinguish the levels.
• Other2025Team Science in Precision Medicine Research:The Case for Inclusion of Adults With Intellectual Disability.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilitiesThis paper argues that adults with intellectual disability are unjustly excluded from precision medicine research. It calls for supported decision-making and team science to ensure equitable participation, but provides no clinical data or treatment outcomes for therapists to apply.
• OTOther2024Mobilizing Critical Occupational Therapy Praxis to Promote Structural Justice, Equity, and Rights.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie
• PTOTSLPOther2024A Delphi Exploration of Toileting Activity Performance in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy Within the ICF-CY Framework: Unveiling Influential Factors.Occupational therapy internationalExperts agreed that caregiver awareness of a child's readiness and neuromusculoskeletal function are the top factors affecting toileting in cerebral palsy. They also highlighted the critical role of toilet environment, communication feedback, and cultural attitudes toward menstruation and hygiene.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Chronic Physical Pain in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United States: Findings from the 2016 - 2021 National Survey of Children's Health.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism have higher rates of chronic pain and headaches than their peers, even after adjusting for other health conditions. This association holds across ages and regions, but pain severity or type did not link to autism severity or current treatments.
• PTCase Report2025Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Subscapularis Repair and Biceps Tenodesis in an Adolescent Overhead Athlete: A Resident's Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapyA 13-year-old quarterback and pitcher returned to throwing after surgical repair of a torn subscapularis and biceps tendon. Rehabilitation took 30 weeks and involved strict protection of the repairs, with coordination between the physical therapist and school athletic trainer.
• PTOTOther2025Exploratory development of human-machine interaction strategies for post-stroke upper-limb rehabilitation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA new upper-limb exoskeleton accurately recognized subtle movement intentions in healthy volunteers (99.7% accuracy) and stopped safely when excessive force was applied in a single post-stroke patient. Clinical trials are needed to confirm rehabilitation effectiveness.
• SLPSystematic Review2025Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions of Their Competence in Managing Stuttering: A Systematic Review with Narrative Synthesis.International journal of language & communication disordersSpeech therapists feel less confident treating stuttering than assessing it. Confidence rises with more stuttering clients on caseloads and specific training like the Lidcombe Program, but drops when managing adults or complex co-occurring conditions.
• PTOTOther2025Neuroimaging and biological markers of different paretic hand outcomes after stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA brain scan metric called ALFF accurately distinguished stroke patients with partial hand weakness from those with complete paralysis. It also predicted hand function scores. This suggests a potential tool for assessing recovery, but clinical use requires further validation.
• SLPQualitative2025Translating Technology Into Speech-Language Pathology Practice: Qualitative Interviews Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Case Study.International journal of language & communication disordersSpeech therapists interviewed about brain stimulation saw it as a possible future tool, but not ready for Monday. They wanted better evidence, training, and clearer fit with their role, and worried about cost, time, fear, and clients' access.