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 617 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2025Kinematic control differs in walking speed adjustment to different velocities.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn healthy adults, rhythmic sound cues produced different step-length and step-time patterns when people sped up or slowed down to different target speeds. This describes gait control, not a therapy effect.
• OTQualitative2025Addressing client spirituality in occupational therapy practice: A qualitative study.Australian occupational therapy journalAustralian occupational therapists described asking about client spirituality as an informal, intuitive process driven by rapport and cues rather than structured protocols. They responded by listening, referring, or integrating spiritual practices into daily occupations, often navigating uncertainty about professional boundaries.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Healthcare Access, Satisfaction, and Affordability: Experiences and Barriers of People with Aphasia.AphasiologyStroke survivors with aphasia reported more difficulty contacting providers after hours and higher rates of bill payment problems than those without aphasia. Black and Hispanic participants with aphasia faced significantly worse access, satisfaction, and affordability outcomes compared to White participants.
• SLPPilot2025Psycholinguistic Variables and Spelling Accuracy for People with Logopenic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Cross-Sectional Study.AphasiologyIn 16 people with logopenic primary progressive aphasia, spelling accuracy varied by word features, not by age, education, or disease duration. Regular words were spelled more accurately than irregular words, and early-acquired, emotionally positive, and orthographically dense words were easier.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025Transportation Access in the Transition to Adulthood: Navigating a Neurotypical World on the Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregivers and providers describe autistic youth hitting barriers in transit, driving tests, and school travel training. Sensory overload, stigma, and poor coordination with schools block independence. Low-income families face higher costs and fewer options, deepening inequities in adult outcomes.
• PTOther2025Effect of Pharmacological Treatment on Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction and Allergic Inflammatory Response in Endurance Athletes.International journal of sports physical therapyIn 13 treated elite male endurance athletes, 30 days of individualized respiratory medication reduced exercise-induced bronchoconstriction; 92.3% no longer showed EIB after a breathing challenge. Peak oxygen uptake and running speed improved, but allergic inflammatory markers did not change.
• PTPilot2025Home-Based mHealth Platform (Active-Feet) for Children With Idiopathic Toe Walking: Design, Development, and Acceptability Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesParents and children with idiopathic toe walking rated a home stretching app as easy to use and acceptable. It was not tested for improvements in walking, ankle range, or adherence.
• SLPOther2025Bimodal Cochlear Implants: Measurement of the Localization Performance as a Function of Device Latency Difference.Trends in hearingAdjusting the cochlear implant's latency improved sound localization in bimodal users, reducing error from 39° to 32°. The optimal setting was rarely zero mismatch, often requiring the implant to be 2–5 ms faster than the hearing aid side for best results.
• SLPOther2025Release from Speech-on-Speech Masking: Additivity of Segregation Cues and Build-Up of Segregation.Trends in hearingWith competing talkers, more cues made target speech easier to hear, and reporting one word was easier than reporting four. The cue benefit changed with the reporting task.
• PTCohort2025Characteristics of shoulder range of motion, muscle tightness, and streamlined body position in Japanese female para swimmers with unilateral forearm deficiency and in swimmers with vision impairment: a comparative cross-sectional study.Journal of physical therapy scienceFemale para swimmers with one forearm missing showed restricted shoulder movement on both arms, tighter quadriceps, and a streamlined position with excessive lower back arching compared to swimmers with vision impairment.
• PTOther2025Elite Tennis Players with a Weak Rotator Cuff: The Paradox of Infraspinatus Atrophy - A Clinical Commentary and Practical Approach.International journal of sports physical therapyInfraspinatus atrophy is common in overhead athletes, affecting about 60% of male and 52% of female tennis players. It often causes no pain or perceived weakness, but leads to measurable strength and proprioception deficits. Screening and early management are recommended despite the lack of symptoms.
• SLPOther2025Audio Quality Perception of Hearing-Impaired Listeners in Complex Acoustic Environments.Trends in hearingListeners with moderate hearing loss struggled to detect audio distortions only when background maskers were present, not in quiet rooms. Very mild hearing loss listeners rated distorted audio as higher quality when maskers were present, while moderate loss listeners rated it lower.
• PTOTOther2025Lifestyle Composite and Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in Down Syndrome.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDFor adults with Down syndrome and similar amyloid levels, higher physical activity was associated with fewer dementia symptoms and better cognitive scores. The combined lifestyle composite showed a similar protective effect, but physical activity alone had the strongest association.
• PTCohort2025Does the Eccentric Strength Profile of the Hamstrings Determine the Severity of Injury Sustained?International journal of sports physical therapyPre-injury eccentric hamstring strength did not predict the severity, location, or grade of hamstring injuries in elite footballers. However, intratendinous injuries were most common in severe grades, suggesting strength tests may miss tendon-specific risks that require separate assessment.
• SLPCohort2025Minimum Audible Angle and the Acoustic Change Complex Elicited by Azimuthal Shifts in Low-Frequency Sounds: Effects of Age.Trends in hearingOlder adults had worse behavioral spatial hearing than younger adults, but a brain-wave measure of the same ability did not predict individual behavioral scores. The brain-wave test is not yet a reliable proxy for behavioral spatial hearing in this context.
• OTOther2025Career planning and development for occupational therapists working in mental health: A scoping review.The British journal of occupational therapyJob satisfaction among mental health occupational therapists was linked with meaningful, discipline-specific work and supervision. Career pathways and early career programmes were supports; workload, role blurring and resource shortages were barriers.
• PTOther2025How Downhill and Uphill Running Interfere Posture and Muscle Activity: A Descriptive Laboratory Study.International journal of sports physical therapyDownhill running increased lumbar lordosis and backward trunk lean, while uphill running decreased lordosis and shifted the trunk forward. Erector spinae activity dropped on most slopes, but vastus lateralis and gastrocnemius worked harder. These changes highlight distinct biomechanical demands for trail runners.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025The Caregiver Concerns Questionnaire: A Tool to Target Care for Children on the Autism Spectrum.Journal of autism and developmental disordersCaregivers of autistic children rated moderate or severe problems in 7 of 19 areas on average. Language and attention concerns dropped with age, while anxiety and social interaction concerns rose. Sleep and gut issues tracked with behavioral problems.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Application of Sensory Subtypes: Understanding Core Autism Features, Adaptive Behaviors, and Motor Skills in Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic children classified as having extreme-mixed sensory differences showed significantly lower motor skills, adaptive behavior, and higher repetitive behaviors compared to those with mild sensory differences. Children with attenuated-preoccupied sensory profiles demonstrated notably higher motor skills than the extreme-mixed and sensitive-distressed groups.
• OTOther2026Expert Consensus on a Cognitive Rehabilitation Learning Package for Novice Occupational Therapists.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthExpert occupational therapists prioritized teaching novices to interpret errors during activity analysis and modify rehabilitation plans. They recommended video demonstrations and case studies as the best methods to build clinical reasoning for cognitive rehabilitation in hospital settings.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2025Using photovoice to engage underserved children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their caregivers in health research: a mixed methods systematic review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPhotovoice is a feasible research method for engaging children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their caregivers, but it requires significant adaptation. Clinicians should expect to modify consent, group sizes, and discussion formats to accommodate communication and sensory needs, as standard protocols often fail.
• OTOther2025Occupational Therapy Acute Care Self-Efficacy Scale (OTACSES): Development, Test-Retest Reliability, and Precision.Occupational therapy internationalA new 10-item survey reliably measures OT students' confidence in acute care knowledge and skills. Scores stay stable over time, allowing educators to track growth and identify specific gaps before students enter clinical rotations.
• OTQualitative2025Occupational therapy students experience professional reasoning during their practice-based learning: A dialogical analysis.The British journal of occupational therapyStudents described reasoning as overwhelming, comparing it to a 'nine-track mind' rather than simple models. Fast acute settings and being observed stifled their thinking, while autonomy, time, and SOAP notes helped them manage the complexity.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2025Qualitative insights from an online community-based exercise intervention for persons living with HIV.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesParticipants living with HIV valued online exercise for avoiding stigma and gym costs, but found the technology burdensome and the weekly surveys exhausting. They preferred home-based comfort over public gyms, yet struggled with webcam privacy concerns and the pressure of constant data collection.
• PTSurvey2025Relationships between learning motivation, study time, and regular test scores elucidated using self-determination theory-a study of first-year students in their first semester.Journal of physical therapy scienceAnxiety about grades drove study time, while enjoyment of learning predicted test scores. Teachers should address exam anxiety to encourage studying, but foster genuine interest in the subject to improve academic performance.
• OTOther2025Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography study.Molecular autismIn autistic individuals, pupil size rose more early in a passive listening task and was linked to stronger responses to background tones. This may reflect arousal-linked sensitivity to inconspicuous sounds, not a tested treatment.
• OTCohort2025Telehealth versus in-person delivery of an occupational therapy home visiting service: A cost analysis.Australian occupational therapy journalTelehealth home visits saved the health system $4 million overall, driven by fewer inpatient and emergency admissions. However, costs for pressure injuries were more than double in the telehealth group, likely due to delayed detection. Use caution with patients at risk of pressure injuries.
• PTOTSystematic Review2025Effects of telerehabilitation on physical function and activities of daily living in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a scoping review.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn ALS telerehabilitation studies, respiratory muscle training reported improved breathing pressure and ALS function, while aerobic exercise, stretching, and comprehensive physical therapy did not show significant improvement. Adherence and satisfaction were high, but evidence was low.
• PTCohort2025The relationship between shoulder external rotation strength, horizontal abduction, and glenohumeral distance ratios in professional baseball pitchers.Journal of physical therapy scienceIn 18 professional baseball pitchers, weaker shoulder external rotation strength at a specific position correlated with greater horizontal abduction and poorer humeral head alignment on MRI. This suggests strength deficits may be linked to structural changes associated with posterosuperior impingement, but the study did not prove cause and effect.
• PTCase Report2025Spontaneous movement therapy for a young adult with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case report.Journal of physical therapy scienceOne young adult with scoliosis had a reported 4.6° reduction in thoracic Cobb angle after 8 weeks of spontaneous movement therapy. The change was below the threshold the authors considered clinically meaningful, and no comparison group was used.
• OTQualitative2025What Do They Think? The Opinions of Women With Intellectual Disabilities on Affective-Sexual Relationships: An Interview-Based Study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDWomen with intellectual disabilities described facing systemic barriers in relationships, from group homes separating partners to employers threatening child custody. They identified a critical lack of accessible sex education and support, particularly for LGBTQIA+ identities and abuse survivors.
• SLPOther2025At-Home Auditory Assessment Using Portable Automated Rapid Testing (PART) to Understand Self-Reported Hearing Difficulties.Trends in hearingRemote hearing tests on personal devices worked for basic sound detection but failed to identify who self-reports hearing difficulties. A computer model using these tests missed more than half of people with hearing trouble. Self-report remains the only reliable way to catch those cases.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2025Associations of Adaptive Behavior and Wandering with Serious Injuries in Young Children with Autism: Study to Explore Early Development.Journal of autism and developmental disordersFor preschoolers with autism and significant early learning delays, wandering is associated with higher rates of serious injury. Conversely, those with learning delays but normal adaptive behavior skills had higher injury rates than those with delays in both areas, possibly due to caregiver overestimation of safety awareness.
• Case-Control2025Social inference brain networks in autistic adults during movie-viewing: functional specialization and heterogeneity.Molecular autismDifferences in mental-state network responses were weak, and pain network responses were similar between autistic and neurotypical adults. Autistic adults' brain responses were more variable than neurotypical adults' responses.
• PTOTCohort2025Machine learning predicts improvement of functional outcomes in spinal cord injury patients after inpatient rehabilitation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn 589 adults with spinal cord injury, machine-learning models predicted discharge independence better than using admission scores alone, but they were tested only within the same dataset from a single rehab centre. Do not use them to guide patient care yet.
• OTOther2025A Standardised Car Seat Transfer Test: Reliability and Concurrent Validity.Occupational therapy internationalA timed car seat transfer test gave consistent times in 42 healthy adults aged 50 or older when two raters scored the same person and when the same person was retested after 7 days. Simulator times closely matched vehicle times, but were faster.
• OTPilot2025Occupational therapy-led environmental assessment and modification-A quantitative evaluation of a pilot implementation study in a regional/rural setting.Australian occupational therapy journalOccupational therapists in a rural service successfully embedded home fall hazard assessments using a validated tool. Penetration reached 80% during implementation and rose to 97% after, with staff sustaining the practice for five years. The intervention was delivered as planned, though strict screening criteria initially excluded some high-risk clients.
• Narrative Review2025Aligning metrics with meaning: considerations for measurement selection in disability evaluation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesNo new findings are reported that can change clinical practice.
• SLPOther2025Effectiveness and cost savings of employing speech therapists in a home artificial nutrition unit.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn 149 patients in a home artificial nutrition service, the unit recorded annual savings of €30,278.67 after personalized prescriptions from a speech therapist. The study had no control group.
• OTQualitative2025An interpretive phenomenological analysis of the experiences of disability service providers supporting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and how these are shaped by disability policy within Australia.Australian occupational therapy journalService providers reported that supporting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds with physical disabilities requires significantly more time for trust-building and interpretation. This need was inconsistently met by policy, causing frustration when funding did not accommodate longer appointments.
• OTSLPOther2025Psychometric Properties of the Questionnaire Epistemic Trust in People With Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disabilities or Borderline Intellectual Functioning.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDThe adapted Questionnaire Epistemic Trust shows promise for assessing curiosity and openness to help, but the hypervigilance subscale is unreliable and the test does not measure one single ability. Use only the three stable subscales for now.
• OTQualitative2025A qualitative study into the experiences of occupational therapists in addressing bed positioning needs across a range of clinical settings in an area of Wales.The British journal of occupational therapyTherapists described bed positioning as highly variable, often relying on informal aids like towels due to funding gaps. They reported feeling undertrained and uncertain about their role compared to nursing, with practice differing significantly between acute, community, and paediatric settings.
• PTSurvey2025Global response to physiotherapy services disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic and the level of preparedness for the next health emergency.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesMost responding member organisations reported physiotherapy was not included in any health emergency preparedness component. During the pandemic, telerehabilitation was the most frequently reported mitigation strategy, but 24% reported no strategy at all.
• PTCohort2025Effect of the current state of marking errors on national physical therapy examination scores.Journal of physical therapy scienceStudents who made no marking errors on practice exams scored significantly higher on the national practical section than those who made errors. Total scores did not differ, but the practical gap suggests careful answer-sheet habits may protect borderline candidates.
• PTRCT2025Combining low-frequency magnetic stimulation with motor imagery to improve lower limb recovery and motor pathway integrity in cerebral infarction: a randomized, double-blind, and controlled study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineAfter three weeks, adding low-frequency magnetic stimulation and motor imagery to usual rehabilitation improved lower limb motor scores more than motor imagery alone, but not more than magnetic stimulation alone.
• PTOTPilot2025Patient satisfaction and tolerance of virtual reality rehabilitation in subacute ischemic stroke: a pilot study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPatients with subacute stroke reported high satisfaction and good tolerance for virtual reality rehabilitation. Most found the system clear and comfortable, with no serious adverse events. Physiotherapists rated outcomes as similar to or better than conventional therapy, supporting VR as a feasible adjunct.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025The impact of inpatient and community stroke rehabilitation on health-related quality of life in New Zealand.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineStroke survivors who received community rehabilitation reported better quality of life at 12 months than those who did not. Inpatient rehabilitation was linked to lower quality of life overall, likely because those patients had more severe strokes, though the most severely impaired saw benefits.
• OTSurvey2025Current Practice of Occupational Therapy for Common Disorders Seen in Rehabilitation Clinics in Saudi Arabia.Occupational therapy internationalNeurological conditions were the most commonly reported conditions among Saudi occupational therapists surveyed, including stroke, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury; therapeutic exercise was the most commonly reported intervention, and mental health was not reported.
• SLPPilot2025Yoga as a Fatigue Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groupsFive of nine children with hearing loss reported less fatigue after a single 20-minute restorative yoga session. Sight word reading did not improve. The study was too small and lacked a control group to confirm yoga caused the change.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2025Correlation study between lower limb muscle function and hemodynamics in hemiplegic patients after stroke: a prospective controlled study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicineIn 20 people with stroke hemiplegia, the affected leg showed weaker muscle signals and poorer blood flow than the unaffected leg. Only on the less affected side did muscle signal frequency correlate with artery diameter. This describes impairment patterns, not treatment effects.