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 616 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• SLPRCT2025Rapid Brain Adaptation to Hearing Amplification: A Randomized Crossover Trial of Personal Sound Amplification Products.Trends in hearingAfter three hours of use, older adults wearing high-end personal sound amplification devices reported less listening effort and showed a brain pattern linked to less effort in the hardest noise. This was a short lab test, not hearing aid evidence.
• PTOTOther2025Efficacy of Hand Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Improving Real-World Bimanual Performance and Identifying Predictors for Therapy Success in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy.Physical & occupational therapy in pediatricsIn children with unilateral cerebral palsy, 30 hours of bimanual therapy increased real-world affected-hand use and self-reported performance, but one movement measure did not change. No control group.
• OTSystematic Review2025The role of occupational therapists in acute mental health inpatient settings: A systematic scoping review.Australian occupational therapy journalOccupational therapy interventions in acute mental health inpatient units are associated with improved engagement, reduced distress, and less reliance on restrictive practices like seclusion. Evidence is limited to small, non-randomised studies, so these findings describe potential roles rather than proven effects.
• SLPOther2025Associations Between Audiovisual Integration and Reading Comprehension in Autistic and Non-autistic School-Aged Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren who combined sight and sound information more readily had better reading comprehension. This was linked to their decoding and language comprehension, and it was the same in autistic and non-autistic school-age children.
• PTOTSLPOther2025An Evaluation of International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) Performance Within the Canadian SCI Network.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationMost spinal cord injury exams in this Canadian registry were done within a week, but nearly half were incomplete. Missing sensory and rectal tests led to significantly higher classification errors compared to full exams, risking inaccurate diagnosis and prognosis.
• PTOTOther2025Psychological and Physical Predictors of Perceived Effort in Elastic Band Training: A Velocity-Based Approach.International journal of sports physical therapyFor healthy young adults with resistance training experience, perceived effort reported after the first repetition of an elastic band squat accurately tracked the actual load. Clinicians can use this single-rep check to adjust band tension in real time without waiting for the set to finish.
• PTOTCohort2025American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Grade E Conversion After Spinal Cord Injury: Incidence, Conversion Characteristics, and Impact of Age on Functional Independence.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationNormal spinal injury test scores did not mean normal daily function. Only 49.3% were fully independent at first conversion, and adults over 70 had the lowest independence.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Relationship Between Visual Functions and Independence in ADLs and IADLs Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy AssociationContrast sensitivity predicted independence in dressing, toileting, bathing, laundry, shopping, cooking, and medication management. Near vision predicted independence in eating and most other IADLs. Distance vision predicted independence only in shopping and money management. Screen contrast sensitivity, not just acuity.
• PTOther2025Reliability of the Main 2D Kinematic Variables of Running Evaluated Categorically in Amateur Runners, Aged 18 to 55 Years.International journal of sports physical therapyTwo-dimensional video analysis reliably categorizes knee window, heel whip, foot progression angle, and overstriding in amateur runners. However, pelvic drop and rearfoot eversion showed poor agreement. Rater expertise significantly influenced results, with some variables only reliable when assessed by experienced clinicians.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Perceptions of Barriers, Facilitators, and Outcomes of Aerobic Exercise in Community Fitness Facilities by Adults With Intellectual Disability.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDMost adults with intellectual disability in gyms reported skill and physical barriers to treadmill walking and bike pedalling, but all identified facilitators. Perceived benefits correlated with better performance, yet perceived facilitators unexpectedly linked to more sitting and worse post-training results.
• PTOTOther2025International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Case Examples Reinforcing Concepts From the 2019 Revision.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationSeven hypothetical spinal cord injury cases show how 2019 ISNCSCI rules change classification when zones of partial preservation and conditions not caused by the spinal cord injury are documented. They clarify when to add a * tag and when levels become not determinable.
• OTSLPQualitative2025'It's Really Who They Are and What They Want': Staff Perspectives on Supporting Autonomy for Autistic Adults With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDStaff at an autism transition program said autonomy support depends on knowing each person deeply, creating a safe environment, and teaching skills like self-advocacy and recognizing internal body signals. They noted that low pay and high turnover make it hard to build the relationships needed for this work.
• PTOTQualitative2025Peer-mentorship among people with lower limb amputations living in small communities.Australian occupational therapy journalEight people with lower limb amputations in small Canadian communities described peer mentorship as filling a gap clinical care could not. Mentors provided practical strategies for daily tasks and emotional validation through shared lived experience. The relationship often evolved into a lasting friendship that supported long-term adjustment and resource navigation.
• Other2025International Spinal Cord Injury Fracture History Extended Data Set.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationThis is a standardized data collection framework for spinal cord injury fractures, not a study with results. It lists variables for clinicians and researchers to record, such as fracture history, risk factors, and bone imaging outcomes.
• PTCohort2025Profile of Brazilian Under-19 Volleyball Team Athletes: Anthropometry, Jump Performance, Stiffness and Pre-Stretch Augmentation Percentage.International journal of sports physical therapyBrazilian under-19 male volleyball athletes averaged 195.75 cm tall, 87.59 kg, 41.99 cm squat jump height, 39.9 cm countermovement jump height, and 5.22% pre-stretch augmentation. No treatment was tested.
• OTSLPCase Series2025Exploring Self-Reported Quality of Life in Developmental Language Disorder.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsFive young people with DLD reported good general life satisfaction but specific barriers in school and health services. Those with higher nonverbal ability or better language skills sometimes reported poorer well-being, possibly due to masking challenges in unsupportive environments.
• PTOTCohort2025Model-Based Prediction of Motor Scores From Sensory Scores in the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI): Implications on Motor Levels in Segments Without Clinically Testable Key Muscles.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationThe current rule that motor level follows sensory level in spinal cord injury segments without testable muscles is validated by data. Predicted motor scores matched the actual classification in most cases, confirming the standard clinical approach is accurate.
• OTSurvey2025Universal alcohol prevention in the workplaces - does it matter?Work (Reading, Mass.)Workplace procedures, training, and clear guidance from managers were linked to employees feeling more responsible and comfortable addressing a colleague's alcohol use. A written policy alone showed no such association. High frequency of employer-provided alcohol was linked to more tolerant views on safe drinking limits.
• PTPilot2025Kinematic Sequencing of the Football Pass Using Inertial Motion Analysis.International journal of sports physical therapyRight-handed quarterbacks in this sample showed a clear pass sequence: shoulder abduction and external rotation peaked before acceleration, trunk rotation started toward the throwing side then reversed, and hip-shoulder separation narrowed at release.
• PTNarrative Review2025Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Evaluation of the Brachialis.International journal of sports physical therapyThis paper describes how to scan the brachialis muscle with ultrasound. It details probe placement, normal appearance, and dynamic testing but reports no patient outcomes, diagnostic accuracy, or treatment results.
• PTCohort2025The Association Between Internal and External Shoulder Load, Pre-season Strength and Power, with Shoulder Problems in Female Handball Players.International journal of sports physical therapyStronger female handball players reported more severe shoulder pain as their perceived weekly shoulder load increased. Higher pre-season strength, power, and lower external rotator strength were linked to greater symptom severity, contradicting the idea that strength alone protects the shoulder.
• OTSurvey2025Convergent Validity of the Feeding and Eating in AutiSm Together Assessment (FEAST).The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy AssociationCaregiver reports on FEAST lined up with two established feeding questionnaires for overall mealtime challenge severity. Its sensory, oral motor, and gastrointestinal subscales showed weaker links with the comparison tools. OTs can use it for feeding assessments.
• OTOther2025Building consensus on prescribing self-directed occupational therapy activities: A Delphi study.Australian occupational therapy journalAustralian occupational therapists agreed recommendations for prescribing self-practice, but the consensus came from 20 survey responses and 3 focus-group therapists. These are expert recommendations, not tested interventions.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Early Employment Outcomes in Autistic and Non-autistic Youth: Challenges and Opportunities.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic youth secured fewer first jobs, especially paid ones, and were concentrated in entry-level retail roles. They rarely received workplace support despite high need. Executive functioning difficulties predicted poorer employment outcomes, while personal networks helped both groups find work.
• PTPilot2025Novel magnetic resonance imaging methodology for dynamic visualization of respiratory thoracic motion: a pilot feasibility study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAn MRI method without a chest coil captured chest movement during deep breathing in semi-prone posture. In five healthy young men, head-foot expansion was smaller semi-prone than supine, while side-to-side expansion was slightly larger. No patient outcomes were tested.
• SLPCase-Control2025Associations of Characteristics of Parental Country of Birth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Early Learning Delay Among Immigrant Populations in the US: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAmong 1088 children with at least one non-US-born parent, autism plus early learning delay was linked to parents from countries with lower human development or greater gender inequality. No clear link was found for autism alone or delay alone.
• SLPCohort2025Testing Very Preterm Black Children to Examine Potential Assessment Bias in Two Language Tests.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsVery preterm Black toddlers scored similarly to White toddlers on two early language tests. Parent reports of vocabulary showed no significant difference, though Black children had lower mean scores. Use both direct observation and parent report to capture nonverbal communication styles.
• SLPPilot2025Digits-In-Noise Hearing Test Using Text-to-Speech and Automatic Speech Recognition: Proof-of-Concept Study.Trends in hearingA self-supervised hearing test using AI to generate and recognise speech worked as well as standard tests only for participants with clear accents. The system failed to reliably score responses for several people, meaning it cannot yet replace clinician-administered testing for diverse populations.
• PTOTSLPOther2025International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Classification Questions and Cases.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationConsensus guidance clarifies how to classify spinal cord injuries when patients have had tendon transfers, use spinal cord stimulation, or have nontraumatic causes. It specifies when to mark exams as intact or incomplete and how to document prior levels.
• PTCohort2025Association Between Maturity Status, Landing Force, and Jump Performance in Adolescent Male Soccer Players.International journal of sports physical therapyLanding forces did not differ by maturity status in adolescent male soccer players, but jump performance was significantly higher in post-PHV athletes. Classification by maturity offset detected performance differences that chronological age missed.
• OTQualitative2025Similar but different: A qualitative study of occupational therapists' transformational experiences during practice education.Australian occupational therapy journalOccupational therapists recalled placement moments, including ordinary tasks and bullying, as experiences that challenged them, stayed emotionally vivid, took years to process, and shaped their later supervision of students.
• PTCohort2025Clarifications of the Motor Level Definition in the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury in Not Clinically Testable Myotomes.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationIn 34 of 665 people with spinal cord injury, two methods for assigning the motor level disagreed. The disagreements were rare, mostly in very incomplete injuries, and did not change the ASIA grade.
• SLPOther2025Parents' Emotional Journey Throughout Their Participation in a Well-Being Support Group Intervention.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDParents completing an eight-session well-being support group reported more comfortable and fewer uncomfortable emotions by the end. The most pronounced shifts occurred after the first two sessions, which focused on navigating services and prioritising self-care.
• SLPOther2025Prediction efficiency and incremental processing strategy during spoken language comprehension in autistic children: an eye-tracking study.Molecular autismAutistic children predicted upcoming spoken words, but less efficiently than matched neurotypical children. They looked later and less strongly toward the expected object. Speech therapists may consider extra processing time and clearer cues.
• PTOther2025Between-Day Reliability of Kinematic Variables Using Markerless Motion Capture for Single-Leg Squat and Single-Leg Landing Tasks.International journal of sports physical therapyMarkerless video motion capture measured single-leg squat and landing movements with day-to-day error mostly under 5 degrees, similar to marker-based systems. Hip flexion and hip rotation were less reliable, so use caution with those angles.
• Qualitative2025Unseen and Invisible? Issues of Recognition for Parents With Intellectual Disabilities Accessing Social Work and Social Care Services for Adults in England.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDParents with mild or borderline intellectual disabilities are often invisible to adult social care. They fall between specialist teams that require a low IQ score and general teams that lack specific training. This gap leaves them without support unless they navigate complex eligibility rules.
• SLPOther2025The neural bases of language processing during social and non-social contexts: a fNIRS study of autistic and neurotypical preschool-aged children.Molecular autismNeurotypical preschoolers showed stronger brain response to live language than recorded language in the right TPJ. Autistic children showed no group-level difference. However, within the autistic group, children with higher language skills showed a greater neural difference between live and recorded language.
• SLPCase-Control2025Social orienting in prematurely born preschoolers: a case control study showing altered neural tuning towards voices, not faces.Molecular autism5.5-year-old preterm children showed weaker brain responses to voices than full-term children. Their responses to faces were similar. Voice responses were related to verbal comprehension across groups.
• PTRCT2025Soft robotic gloves versus mirror therapy: a long-term comparative study on hand function and motor recovery in post-stroke rehabilitation.Journal of rehabilitation medicineStroke patients who added soft robotic glove training to usual physical therapy showed greater hand dexterity, grip strength and motor recovery than those who added mirror therapy, and glove gains remained at 6 months.
• SLPQualitative2025Pragmatics: Exploring language use by younger generations in Pedi families.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsPedi younger generations showed respect through clapping, kneeling, plural forms, indirect eye contact, silence and requests relayed through mothers. For SLPs, these are cultural communication patterns, not pragmatic impairment.
• SLPOther2025Externalization of Virtual Sound Sources With Bone and Air Conduction Stimulation.Trends in hearingBone conduction headphones externalized virtual sounds as well as air conduction when reverberation was present. Contralateral ear reverberation drove this effect more than the ipsilateral ear. This supports bone conduction for spatial audio in VR, though the study used only nine listeners.
• PTOTRCT2025Sustainability of a rehabilitation self-management program ('My Therapy') 6 months post implementation.Australian occupational therapy journalSix months post-trial, 41% of patients received the self-management program. Therapists valued it but lacked time and confidence with unmotivated patients. Reach dropped from 68% during the trial, suggesting ongoing support is needed to sustain practice changes.
• OTPilot2025Feasibility and acceptability of a self-management intervention supporting return to work for women with breast cancer.The British journal of occupational therapyAll ten women who joined this six-week online return-to-work programme finished it, and every one said the format was acceptable. The study tested whether the intervention could be delivered, not whether it improved work outcomes.
• PTOTSLPPilot2025Dual-Task Predictors in Graduate Healthcare Students with Athletic Backgrounds.International journal of sports physical therapyConcussion history did not predict worse dual-task performance or academic scores in 32 graduate students. Unexpectedly, those with no reported concussion history had higher dual-task costs. More years in contact sports predicted lower undergraduate GPA, but the study was underpowered and relied on self-report.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2025Effectiveness of Sound-Based Interventions for Improving Functional Outcomes in Children: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.Occupational therapy internationalSound-based music therapies, including Safe and Sound Protocol, were reported to improve children's language, listening, behaviour and emotional regulation, but the evidence was small, mixed and too limited to prove benefit.
• PTCohort2025Comparison of motor performance in typically developing children engaged in gymnastics and classical ballet.Journal of physical therapy scienceChildren doing weekly gymnastics threw and jumped farther than those doing weekly ballet. Children doing ballet had less body sway when standing, especially with eyes open. The study cannot separate the effect of the training from the effect of being a boy or a girl.
• PTOTOther2025Automated assessment of upper limb spasticity in stroke patients with fusion of multichannel surface electromyography features.Journal of rehabilitation medicineA machine learning model using muscle sensors classified spasticity severity in 40 stroke patients with 78.7% overall accuracy. It distinguished mild from severe cases well but failed to separate moderate grades, meaning it cannot yet replace clinical assessment.
• OTQualitative2025'You Understand Me': Experiences of Peer Mentors Delivering Support for a Mindfulness Intervention to Family Carers of People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDPeer mentors who were family carers described flexible paid mentoring as meaningful, confidence-building and a route back to work. Shared caring experience helped them connect with family carers, but manual limits sometimes felt too narrow.
• PTOther2025Elite Figure Skaters Return to Sport Strategy Following Sports-Related Concussion: A Clinical Commentary.International journal of sports physical therapyThis paper offers expert recommendations for adapting return-to-sport strategies for elite figure skaters after concussion. It is a clinical commentary, not a study, so it reports no evidence that these specific adaptations improve recovery outcomes.
• PTOTRCT2025Multimodal assessment of a BCI system for stroke rehabilitation integrating motor imagery and motor attempts: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationStroke patients using a brain-computer interface with real-time feedback showed greater upper limb motor recovery than controls receiving standard care. The effect was small (2.8 points on the Fugl-Meyer scale) and driven by proximal arm function, not wrist or hand movement.