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 612 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOTRCT2025Virtual reality-assisted rehabilitation for postoperative C5 palsy: a pilot exploratory randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdding VR to standard care did not improve primary muscle strength measures in this small pilot. The VR group showed some better pain and quality-of-life scores, but they also received an extra hour of therapy daily, so the VR itself may not be the cause.
• SLPOther2025Validation of a Python-Based Graphical User Interface for Calculation of Relative Fundamental Frequency.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationA new free software tool calculates voice tension measures just as accurately as the expensive, complex version it replaces. It requires no coding skills and runs on standard computers, making objective voice assessment easier to access for clinics and research labs.
• PTQualitative2025Identifying Potential Determinants That Can Impact the Implementation of a Physical Activity Pathway in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Mixed Methods Study.Physical therapyOutpatient PTs approved a new physical activity pathway, calling it simple and feasible. However, they lacked the specific skills and confidence for behavior change techniques like goal setting. Barriers included time, patient disinterest, and missing documentation templates in the electronic health record.
• OTCohort2025Comparative Analysis of Autistic Women Across the Lifespan: Childhood vs. Adulthood Diagnosis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic women and non-binary people diagnosed in adulthood reported more psychological distress and fewer personal strengths than those diagnosed in childhood, despite higher education and employment rates. Nearly one-third endorsed suicidal ideation, with significantly higher rates among gender and sexual orientation diverse individuals.
• SLPOther2025Some Considerations for the Use of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) as a Hearing-Aid Outcome Measure.Trends in hearingHearing aid benefit scores depend heavily on how much trouble a person had before fitting. A single pass-fail score misses this. Clinicians should judge improvement relative to the patient's own baseline difficulty, not against a fixed group average.
• PTOTSystematic Review2025Using game performance measure to assess upper limb motor function in children with neuromotor disorders: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationGame-based assessments for children's upper limb function show promise in distinguishing impairment levels, but lack consistent reliability data. They capture movement details better than standard clinical tests, yet cannot currently replace validated measures due to insufficient evidence on consistency over time.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Ukrainian war trauma patients abroad: the rehabilitation process in light of language barriers, cultural differences, war, and infection isolation.Journal of rehabilitation medicineUkrainian war trauma patients rated this rehabilitation 30 out of 32 for satisfaction. Professional interpreters worked best, but multilingual staff who acted as cultural mediators were highly valued. Patients reported isolation hurt their mood, though staff worried it also hindered recovery.
• Other2025A Novel QR Code-Based Solution for Secure Electronic Health Record Transfer in Venous Thromboembolism Home Rehabilitation Management: Algorithm Development and Validation.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesA new QR code system lets VTE patients scan a discharge report to fill their home rehab app, skipping manual entry. It compresses records into one or two codes that scan in seconds, but the study only tested the code's speed and size, not if it improves patient outcomes.
• Survey2025The Impact of Perceived Self-Efficacy on Healthcare Transition Outcomes: Perceptions From Parents and Young People.Child: care, health and developmentYouth self-efficacy predicted better adherence, while parent-perceived self-efficacy predicted transition readiness. Neither perspective predicted distress or quality of life, and the two did not interact. Assess both separately, as they inform different parts of the transition process.
• PTOther2025Wearable-Sensor-Instrumented Assessment of Prolonged Walking Identifies Performance Deficits in Older Adults With Normal Clinical Presentation.Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001)Across the whole group, the test did not show a change in walking quality from the first to last minute. But 7 of 42 older adults looked normal early and abnormal late, a deficit missed by standard tests.
• PTSurvey2025Physical activity and sedentariness levels in patients with post-exertional malaise resulting from post-COVID-19 syndrome.Work (Reading, Mass.)Among 154 adults at risk for post-COVID post-exertional malaise, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity fell after infection, including work and leisure, while sedentary time rose. Activity plans should be progressive and include rest.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Transitions of 24-H Movement Behaviour Profiles From Schooldays to Weekends and Their Associations With Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being in Czech Adolescents.Child: care, health and developmentAdolescents who kept an active, low-sitting, good-sleep routine from school days to weekends reported higher quality of life. Those who shifted to poorer habits had significantly lower scores. Weekend drop-offs in activity were common, but not linked to worse outcomes.
• SLPOther2025Cochlear Tuning in Early Aging Estimated with Three Methods.Trends in hearingAmong adults with normal hearing, estimates of how sharply the cochlea separates sounds became slightly broader with age when the measures were combined, but each measure varied widely and did not consistently show age decline. The method used changed estimates considerably.
• Case-Control2025Atypical Scene-Selectivity in the Retrosplenial Complex in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIndividuals with autism showed weaker brain activity for scenes in the retrosplenial complex, a region linked to memory-based navigation. This difference was specific to that area. It suggests a neural basis for navigation difficulties but does not prove a behavioral deficit.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Plea for routine endoscopic tracheostomy tube adjustment.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesRoutine endoscopy found two-thirds of tracheostomy tubes in neurorehab patients were malpositioned, causing visible tracheal injury in 19%. No patient factors predicted misplacement. Check tube position endoscopically upon admission or at first change.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Different approaches and their consequences for addressing the occupational health and safety of young workers: A systematic narrative literature review.Work (Reading, Mass.)Most research on young workers' safety focuses on individual biology, ignoring workplace organisation. Social support and employment status strongly influence injury and mental health. Therapists should assess working conditions and job type, not just age or risk-taking, when treating young apprentices.
• SLPNarrative Review2025The Role of Reproductive Injustice in the Access of Motherhood for Women With Intellectual Disabilities: A Narrative Literature Review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDWomen with intellectual disabilities face systemic barriers to parenthood, often justified by ableist or eugenic discourses. Sterilisation and long-term contraception are frequently imposed by third parties for menstrual management or perceived 'best interests,' rather than through informed consent.
• SLPOther2025Normative Thresholds for Acoustic Estimates of Relative Fundamental Frequency.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn typical adults, offset RFF was lower with age, and onset RFF differed by sex. OFF10 cutoffs are -2.73, -3.33, and -3.58 semitones for ages 18-39, 40-64, and 65+; ON1 cutoffs are 0.89 for males and -0.03 for females.
• SLPOther2025Beyond Socioeconomic Status: A Strengths-Focused Structural Equation Modeling Study of Collaboration-Focused Parenting Beliefs, Interaction Quality, and Language Outcomes.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHRMothers who held collaboration-focused parenting beliefs when their infants were one month old engaged in higher-quality interactions at two years, which predicted stronger receptive and expressive language skills at three years. Stress and locus-of-control showed no such association.
• PTOTOther2025Evidence-Generated Sockets for Transtibial Prosthetic Limbs Compared With Conventional Computer-Aided Designs: A Multiple-Methods Study From the Patient's Perspective.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAutomated socket designs matched prosthetist-made ones for comfort at fitting. But patients reported that only human-led adjustments fixed specific pain points. Use automated templates as a starting point, but keep the prosthetist in the loop to handle individual tissue sensitivity and preferences.
• PTOTOther2025Smartphone app to support goal setting in pediatric rehabilitation: app development, usability and acceptability study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationTherapists found a pediatric goal-setting app easy to use and acceptable, but the study did not test whether it improves goals or child outcomes.
• PTOTCohort2025Sex-based differences in body composition and functional independence affecting discharge destination in patients undergoing convalescent rehabilitation.Journal of physical therapy scienceFor men, motor independence at discharge predicted going home. For women, a longer hospital stay predicted not going home. Body composition differed by sex but did not predict discharge destination in the final model.
• PTOTCohort2025Social factors related to participation among people with Parkinson's disease.Disability and rehabilitationFor people with Parkinson's, support from family and friends predicted higher participation in demanding leisure activities like sports. Neighborhood and community support predicted better social and overall participation. These links held even after accounting for motor, cognitive, and mood impairments.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of People With Profound and Multiple Intellectual Disabilities Through a Family Carer Lens.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDFamily carers described the pandemic as a traumatic event that deepened exclusion and left relatives with profound disabilities without essential therapies. They reported lasting health deterioration, lost skills, and anxiety about future care, with no recovery in services eighteen months after restrictions ended.
• OTSurvey2025Accommodation requests among older workers: The role of disability acceptance and other psychosocial factors.Work (Reading, Mass.)Perceived workplace support strongly predicted both requesting and receiving accommodations. Having a work goal predicted requesting, but not receiving. Disability acceptance did not predict requesting, and while higher in receivers, it did not predict receiving in the model.
• SLPOther2025Improving Outcomes of Single-Sided Deaf Cochlear Implant Users by Reducing Interaural Frequency and Loudness Mismatches through Device Programming.Trends in hearingFor experienced single-sided deaf cochlear implant users, a modified frequency table and balanced loudness program improved speech recognition in noisy restaurant-like settings. Newly implanted users showed no performance difference between programs, though most preferred the modified settings.
• PTOTCohort2025Predictors of walking ability at discharge post proximal femoral fracture in an acute care hospital.Journal of physical therapy scienceOnly 28.7% of patients regained walking ability by discharge from acute care after hip fracture surgery. Pre-injury cognitive function was the only independent predictor. Low scores suggest a need for early transfer planning rather than assuming home discharge is feasible.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025The role of place types on social relationships and satisfaction as influenced by COVID and disabilities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with disabilities rated outdoor recreation and healthcare as less important for social relationships during the pandemic. Online activities became the most important place type overall. This reflects access barriers and risk avoidance, not a change in social need.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025Hospital to Home Transitions for Children With Medical Complexity: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Professionals Experiences.Child: care, health and developmentHealthcare professionals managing hospital-to-home transitions for medically complex children report lacking specific training, clear role definitions, and reliable community support. They describe heavy emotional burdens and frustration with fragmented communication, noting that when coordination fails, families become default case managers.
• PTSystematic Review2025Virtual reality motor sensing exercise in patients with Parkinson's disease: a scoping review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPeople with Parkinson's disease in studies of virtual reality movement training often improved on balance and gait tests after training, but outcomes versus usual therapy were inconsistent and only short-term training was studied.
• SLPSystematic Review2025A scoping review of episodes of lucidity in people living with dementia near the end of life: the potential role of speech-language pathology in research and practice.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsEpisodes of lucidity in dementia are defined by unexpected, meaningful communication. Speech-language pathologists have the skills to study these events and support caregivers, but only one of ten reviewed studies included an SLP researcher. The evidence base is sparse and mostly relies on retrospective caregiver reports.
• PTOther2025Effect of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha inhibitor on immobilization-induced muscle fibrosis related to muscle contracture.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn rats with casted ankles, an experimental drug called YC-1 reduced muscle stiffening and collagen buildup compared to untreated immobilized rats. The drug improved ankle flexibility at 3 and 4 weeks. This is animal data only; it does not show the drug works or is safe in humans.
• SLPOther2025Exploring Objective Correlates to Perceived Severity in the Covarying Breathy, Rough, and Strained Voice Qualities of Dysphonic Voices.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationNo single objective measure captures all voice qualities. Pitch strength best tracked breathiness and strain, while temporal envelope measures and cepstral peak prominence were needed to accurately rank roughness.
• SLPOther2025Response time, amplitude, and neural auditory maintenance in individuals with tinnitus: a comparative study.CoDASPeople with tinnitus disorder had slower brain responses to speech sounds than those without tinnitus. Other measures of how strongly the brain reacted were not significantly different, though they trended lower in the tinnitus group.
• PTOTOther2025Shoulder joint rotational range of motion characteristics among the elderly.Journal of physical therapy scienceElderly adults have significantly less total shoulder rotation than young adults in most arm positions. The pattern of which positions allow more movement stays the same with age, but the overall range shrinks. Therapists should measure multiple positions, not just one, to catch these changes.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025The relationships between metacognitive aspects of daily activity performance and participation patterns: Older adults' perspectives.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTCommunity-dwelling older adults reported the most difficulty with complex tasks and executive functions. These self-reported cognitive struggles correlated with participating in fewer activities, needing more assistance, and leaving the home less often, but not with how much they enjoyed those activities.
• OTQualitative2025Exploring first-year occupational therapy students' perspectives of an On-Country experience: A study from an Australian undergraduate program.Australian occupational therapy journalFirst-year occupational therapy students described an On-Country experience as a way to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and health. Some still spoke of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as past or separate, and students were unsure how to apply it.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Male and Female Healthcare Trajectories in Autism: Are There Any Differences Considering Age at Diagnosis and Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Status?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic females were diagnosed later than males, averaging 22.2 versus 13.9 years. Adults relied heavily on hospital and emergency care, while children used outpatient clinics. Sex differences in healthcare use varied significantly depending on age at diagnosis and intellectual disability status.
• PTOTCohort2025Correlation between respiratory muscle strength and arm muscle strength of the unaffected side in patients with sub-acute stroke.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn stroke patients who could not walk alone, respiratory strength and arm strength on the unaffected side were both far below healthy levels. Over two months of standard rehab, these improved but did not reach normal. The two strengths tracked together closely.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025How AI-Based Digital Rehabilitation Improves End-User Adherence: Rapid Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAI tools like wearables and apps may boost rehab adherence through reminders, feedback, and personalization. However, the evidence comes from only six small studies with high bias risk, so clinicians should view these benefits as promising but unproven.
• SLPPilot2025Early speech therapy intervention in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.CoDASChildren with autism who completed 24 weeks of DIR/Floortime speech therapy showed significant gains in communicative acts and socio-emotional skills. However, all participants remained in the deficient range for emotional and functional development, meaning the intervention improved scores but did not resolve the underlying deficits.
• OTOther2025Key principles to support occupational engagement in mental health inpatient units.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTTen practice principles for leisure in mental health inpatient units were developed from prior research and reviewed by clinicians. They focus on environmental design, risk-taking, and shared responsibility. The paper presents these as expert recommendations, not tested interventions.
• PTOTCase Report2025Effect of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation for patients with chronic stroke: a case report using an AB design.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn one man with chronic stroke, repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation applied to forearm extensors improved wrist spasticity, motor scores, and self-reported daily task confidence. Because he also received routine therapy, it is unclear whether the stimulation itself caused the gains.
• PTOTQualitative2024Implementing constraint-induced movement therapy into practice in sub-acute stroke: Experiences and perceptions of stroke survivors and therapists.The British journal of occupational therapyTherapists feared stroke survivors could not tolerate intensive CIMT, but survivors chose and completed a short protocol and would repeat it. Their accounts did not match therapist expectations.
• SLPQualitative2025Paternal Role of Fathers in Families of Parents With Intellectual Disabilities: Views, Barriers and Facilitators in Fulfilling This Role.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDFathers in families with intellectual disabilities want to be involved and recognized as parents, but face barriers like maternal gatekeeping, service focus on mothers, and stigma. Facilitators include direct contact, flexible hours, male professionals, and co-parenting support.
• SLPOther2025Toward an Extended Classification of Noise-Distortion Preferences by Modeling Longitudinal Dynamics of Listening Choices.Trends in hearingListening preferences for noise reduction fluctuate daily, not just between people. A mobile app can track these shifts. Most patients prefer a middle ground rather than being strict 'noise' or 'distortion' haters. Single-point assessments may miss this variability.
• SLPCohort2025Maternal Mediterranean-Style Diet During Pregnancy and Child Social Impairment as Measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMothers with higher Mediterranean-style diet scores during pregnancy had children with lower social impairment scores. The association held for social communication and cognition subdomains after adjusting for demographics. No single food group drove the effect, suggesting overall diet quality matters more than specific items.
• SLPOther2025Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Boston Residue and Clearance Scale (BR-BRACS).CoDASThe Boston Residue and Clearance Scale is now available in Brazilian Portuguese with validated images for FEES. Judges agreed almost perfectly on the selected images, though static views of the postcricoid region remained difficult to classify.
• SLPOther2025Speech profile in patients with Huntington's Disease: cognitive, clinical, and sociodemographic correlations.CoDASEvery patient with Huntington's disease in this small study had impaired speech. Compared with matched controls, they had worse articulation, phonation and respiration, and speech problems related to motor severity. Use this for assessment awareness, not diagnostic certainty.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Profile and management of patients from low-middle socioeconomic status with thoracic trauma.The South African journal of physiotherapyMost patients with thoracic trauma in these South African hospitals were young men injured by assault. Physiotherapists used breathing exercises and early walking, but rarely trunk exercises. Only two patients were referred for outpatient follow-up. This describes current practice, not whether it works.