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.

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• PTOTSLPCohort2025E-Cigarette Use Among Older Adults with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Relationship With History of Cigarette Smoking.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAbout 16% of adults with chronic spinal cord injury have tried e-cigarettes, and 4.9% currently use them. History of cigarette smoking and younger age were strongly associated with this use. Injury severity was not related to vaping.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Comparing trajectories of sport participation for autistic- and non-autistic-youth: A group-based multi-trajectory modelling approach.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic children were far less likely to join team sports, with gaps widening as they aged. However, their rates of individual sport participation matched non-autistic peers. This suggests individual sports may be a more accessible entry point for autistic youth.
• SLPCase Report2025Impact of Percutaneous Intercostal Nerve Stimulation Combined With Diaphragm Pacing on Respiratory Function in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn one man with high cervical spinal cord injury, adding percutaneous intercostal nerve stimulation to his existing diaphragm pacemaker raised tidal volume from 124-138 mL to 241 mL. This allowed him to voluntarily assist inspiration when feeling oxygen-deprived, but it is a single case.
• SLPCohort2025Alexithymic and autistic traits differentially predict personality disorder dimensions.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic traits predicted schizoid and obsessive-compulsive personality dimensions, while alexithymia predicted schizoid and borderline dimensions. Avoidant traits were linked to depression and anxiety, not autism or alexithymia. These overlaps suggest diagnostic assessments should distinguish between core conditions and co-occurring emotional processing difficulties.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Impact of the Akwenda Intervention Program for cerebral palsy on caregiver-perceived burden, stress, and psychosocial functioning: A cluster-randomized trial in Uganda.Developmental medicine and child neurologyCaregivers in a 12-month group program in Uganda reported less burden and better quality of life than those receiving usual care. The program combined training, therapy sessions, and peer support. It is unclear which specific component drove the improvements.
• PTOTCohort2025Post-COVID Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Comparative Cohort Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationPatients with post-COVID improved their walking distance significantly during multidisciplinary rehabilitation, but their self-rated quality of life remained lower than other groups. This suggests physical gains do not automatically resolve subjective well-being deficits in post-COVID recovery.
• SLPQualitative2025'You feel part of something bigger': Stakeholders' experiences of a long-term community-academic participatory research partnership.Autism : the international journal of research and practicePartnership members valued shared inclusion goals and mutual learning but reported growing distress from fidelity checks and power imbalances. Early educators felt excluded from decision-making and reduced to data collectors. Trust eroded over time due to poor communication and staff turnover, threatening long-term sustainability.
• PTOTCase Report2025Rehabilitation of High-Level Dynamic Balance Skills in an Individual With Significant Nonprogressive Cerebellar Atrophy: Case Report.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationA man with long-standing cerebellar atrophy improved balance and gait after 12 weeks of high-intensity, harness-supported training. He progressed from walking with two hands on rails to running 15 strides unaided, meeting his personal goals.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Engagement in Evidence-Based Practice Activities and Thinking by Rehabilitation Therapists: Predictive Factors.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationRehabilitation therapists rarely search databases or share evidence, but frequently reflect on clinical outcomes. Engagement in evidence-seeking activities was predicted by feeling job secure, being open to new methods, and holding specialty certifications, rather than by years of experience or facility size.
• OTSLPCohort2025Bulbar function in children with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 treated with nusinersen.Developmental medicine and child neurologyBulbar function trajectories varied widely in children with SMA1 treated with nusinersen. Many declined over 2 years, especially in type 1b. Improvement on swallowing scores was mostly driven by normal developmental milestones rather than direct treatment effects.
• SLPQualitative2025'Sometimes I'm feeling baffled and they're probably feeling baffled': On the experiences of psychological therapists working with autistic people in a structured primary care service for anxiety disorders and depression.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceTherapists in standard anxiety services felt unprepared for autistic patients. They struggled to distinguish autism traits from symptoms and found time limits and rigid questionnaires obstructive. Adaptations like concrete language and environmental changes helped, but specific training was lacking.
• Pilot2025Feasibility trial of the My Health Coach app for adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.Research in developmental disabilitiesAdults with FASD found the My Health Coach app easy to install and use, with 87% of those receiving it opening it. They rated it acceptable and liked the chatbot and tracker. No effectiveness was tested. This confirms feasibility for a future trial.
• PTOTSystematic Review2025Therapeutic Effects of Noninvasive Technology Modalities on Lower-Limb Motor Function in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationResults for noninvasive stimulation in incomplete spinal cord injury are mixed. Motor scores and walking improved in some trials, but others showed no difference versus sham. Effects varied by technique and protocol, so no single modality can be recommended as standard care.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2025Otolaryngologic Symptom Severity Post SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFour hundred and seventy post-COVID patients reported that hospitalization was linked to worse breathing and cough symptoms, which often lingered or worsened over a year. Voice and swallowing problems remained mild and below clinical thresholds, regardless of how sick the patient was.
• PTOTOther2025Home-Based Gait Interventions for Adults with Stroke: A Scoping Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationHome gait treatments for stroke vary widely, from apps to caregiver-led plans. Many studies showed walking improvements, but most were small or pilot trials. Most required clinic visits for setup or testing. Evidence is too mixed to recommend one specific home method over another.
• Cohort2025Population-level gender-based analysis of the educational journeys of students with autism spectrum disorder in British Columbia, Canada.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceFemales with an ASD school designation waited longer for it and were less likely to complete high school or earn the BC Certificate of Graduation. Staying in school and public post-secondary transition showed no gender difference.
• PTOTSLPRCT2025Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Olfactory Training on Cognitive and Emotional Function in Individuals with Parkinson Disease.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationSix months of sniffing four scents twice daily improved memory, thinking, and mood in people with Parkinson disease. The group doing the training scored better than controls on all these tests, though motor symptoms did not change.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2025Consolidating a framework of autistic camouflaging strategies: An integrative systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults describe camouflaging as a conscious, learned skillset involving suppression, performance, and cognitive strategies like scripting. This effort causes significant strain and distress, often hidden from clinicians. Look for signs of exhaustion and inconsistency across settings rather than just social deficits.
• PTQualitative2025Perspectives of Individuals With Long COVID on Virtual Physical Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationPeople with long COVID valued the kinesiologist's direct supervision to pace exercises safely. They found independent sessions harder to sustain without that guidance. Many requested a longer program duration and ongoing support to maintain their routine after the 8 weeks ended.
• PTOTCohort2026Motor performance and higher associative cortical networks in adolescents with neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia.Developmental medicine and child neurologyAdolescents treated with therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy showed significantly lower motor performance scores than controls. Brain imaging revealed increased connectivity between motor and attention networks during movement tasks, suggesting the brain works harder to compensate for motor difficulties rather than having a simple structural deficit.
• PTCohort2026Six-minute walk test reference values in ambulatory children with myelomeningocele.Developmental medicine and child neurologyReference walking distances for children with myelomeningocele vary widely by lesion level, from 215 meters for mid-lumbar to 420 meters for sacral lesions. Shorter 1-minute and 2-minute tests strongly predict these results, offering a faster option for busy clinics.
• PTOTRCT2026Modified sports intervention for improving participation goals and activity competence in ambulant children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial.Developmental medicine and child neurologyFor ambulant children with cerebral palsy, an 8-week modified sports programme improved parent-set goals for attending and engaging in leisure physical activity more than usual physical therapy. Motor performance goals also improved. However, the programme did not change overall physical activity levels, body functions, or general participation.
• PTOTRCT2026Intervenção de esportes modificados para melhorar metas de participação e competências de atividade em crianças deambuladoras com paralisia cerebral: um ensaio clínico randomizado.Developmental medicine and child neurologyGroup modified sports improved parent-defined participation goals and motor performance more than usual individual physiotherapy in children with cerebral palsy. The sports group attended fewer total therapy hours. Physical activity levels and general participation did not change.
• PTOTSLPRCT2026Personalized high-intensity temporal interference stimulation decouples cerebellar networks to enhance implicit learning.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationHigh-intensity stimulation of the deep brain improved implicit motor learning in healthy men. However, the improvement was not significantly better than the sham control. Brain scans showed activity changes in the striatum, but the clinical benefit remains unproven.
• PTOTCohort2025Temporal Relationships Between Depression, Self-Efficacy, and Physical Activity in Individuals With Stroke.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAfter stroke, higher self-efficacy was followed by more steps only when depressive symptoms were low. Higher depressive symptoms were followed by lower self-efficacy. Steps were not followed by changes in mood or self-efficacy.
• SLPOther2025The Adaption to Online Synchronous Teaching and Voice Fatigue: Acoustic and Clinical Data.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationUniversity teachers showed more voice fatigue signs during online pandemic teaching, including higher pitch and creak. After partly returning to classroom or hybrid teaching, fatigue improved but did not fully return to prepandemic levels.
• SLPRCT2025A randomized controlled trial into the effectiveness of a mobile health application (SAM) to reduce stress and improve well-being in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults using an unguided stress-tracking app for four weeks reported significantly lower perceived stress and higher mental well-being than those on a waitlist. However, 43% found the app itself stressful, and most users did not experience a clinically reliable change.
• Other2025Inclusion of Individuals with Autism and Co-Occurring Intellectual Disability or Language Impairment as Research Participants.Journal of autism and developmental disordersThis is an ethical framework article about autism research participation. It reports no study methods or outcomes, so there is no clinical finding to act on.
• PTOTSystematic Review2025Role of Anxiety in Individuals with Generalized Joint Hypermobility: A Systematic Review.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAnxiety is significantly elevated in people with generalized joint hypermobility (GJH), especially those with symptoms. In those without symptoms, anxiety is higher than the general population but rarely reaches clinical thresholds. Screening for anxiety is warranted across the GJH spectrum.
• SLPCohort2025What Is the Impact of Second Language Exposure and Intellectual Disability Status on Executive Function and Functional Communication Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParents reported that children with autism who spoke a second language had better everyday executive function than those who did not. Functional communication scores showed no difference between language groups. The study found no evidence that bilingual exposure harms these outcomes.
• Other2025Specialist Psychiatric Bed Utilisation by People With Intellectual Disabilities and Autistic People: A Time-Series Analysis Using the English Assuring Transformation Dataset.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRSpecialist psychiatric bed use for people with intellectual disabilities fell over time, but admissions for autistic people without intellectual disabilities rose. Nonspecialist beds held more patients overall. Court-ordered admissions drove higher numbers in specialist units, while crisis detentions filled nonspecialist wards.
• SLPQualitative2025Development of a Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) outcome measure for clinical interventional studies in paediatric autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceClinicians and families prioritized goals like independence and safety over symptom reduction. A new Goal Attainment Scale was developed to track these personalized outcomes in autism trials, though its clinical utility requires further validation.
• OTSystematic Review2025Substance Use and Problem Gambling Interventions for People With Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDREvidence for substance use and gambling interventions in people with intellectual disability is thin: 16 small studies showed some short-term smoking reductions, mixed alcohol findings, and gambling was only one case report.
• PTOTSLPCohort2025Sleep in Infants with Down Syndrome or Familial Likelihood of Autism in the First Year of Life.Journal of autism and developmental disordersParents of infants with Down syndrome reported fewer sleep concerns at 6 months despite objective data showing similar sleep patterns to controls. By 12 months, both Down syndrome and autism-likelihood groups showed less night sleep and more waking than controls, though concerns remained lower in Down syndrome.
• OTSLPSystematic Review2025A scoping review of current approaches to strengths-based transition practices for autistic adolescents.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceStrengths-based transition programmes for autistic teens generally fall into five types, like peer mentoring and career planning. A major gap is the lack of standardised tools to measure these strengths, meaning most studies rely on ad-hoc assessments rather than validated scales.
• SLPOther2025Voice Acoustic Instability During Spontaneous Speech in Parkinson's Disease.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationIn people with Parkinson's disease, average pitch and pitch variability fell over the course of both reading and picture description. The fall did not differ by cognitive impairment.
• Other2025Enhancing Outpatient Clinic Recruitment: A Quality Improvement Strategy for a Prospective Research Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAssigning clinic staff as recruitment champions and standardizing workflows increased the rate of eligible patients receiving study information from 32% to an average of 58.9%. Enrollment averaged 54%, showing that embedding research tasks into clinical routines improves recruitment.
• PTOTRCT2025Changes in Gait After Training for Individuals With Cerebellar Ataxia.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationHome aerobic training produced only a minor improvement in step length compared to home balance training. However, participants who met training goals in either group showed significant gains in walking speed, step length, and stride width.
• PTOTRCT2025Evaluation of Clemastine's Effects on Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Parameters in Individuals With CTS: A Preliminary Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind RCT.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationAdding a 1 mg clemastine pill to a night wrist splint lowered symptom and function scores in carpal tunnel syndrome, but nerve conduction and ultrasound measures did not differ from placebo. This is a 24-patient pilot, so do not change practice on it.
• PTOTOther2025Should developmental coordination disorder be diagnosed before the age of 5 years?Developmental medicine and child neurologyIn high-risk preschoolers assessed by multidisciplinary teams, 85% of those identified as at risk for coordination difficulties at age 3 remained at risk or diagnosed two years later. This stability contrasts with general population samples, where only 50% of at-risk children remained impaired.
• PTCohort2025Relationship between Hospitalization-Associated Disability and Functional Recovery.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationIn older adults hospitalized with acute illness, those who developed new disability were slower to sit, transfer, and walk. Not walking early after rehab started was linked to higher risk, but this study cannot prove early walking prevented disability.
• PTOTSLPOther2025Evaluating Goal Attainment Scaling for Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia in Rehabilitation Settings.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationPeople with mild cognitive impairment or dementia could use Goal Attainment Scaling to rate their own progress, agreeing closely with therapists. However, goal attainment scores did not correlate with Functional Independence Measure scores, so the two tools measure different things.
• Other2025Factors Affecting Psychiatric Bed Utilisation by People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Time Series Analysis Using the English National Mental Health Services Data Set.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRPsychiatric hospital stays for people with intellectual disabilities or autism fell slightly, but restraint use rose sharply. Beds for those staying over two years closed, while admissions for crises and young people increased. This suggests community services are failing to prevent hospitalisation.
• PTMeta-Analysis2025Comparative Efficacy of Different Prehabilitation Strategies in Colorectal Surgery Patients: A Network Meta-Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translationCompared with standard care, prehabilitation did not clearly change hospital stay or readmission. Exercise alone and multimodal prehabilitation improved postoperative walking distance. Multimodal prehabilitation also reduced complications versus standard care.
• SLPCase Series2026Outcomes of Gender-Affirming Voice and Communication Modification Training for Non-binary Individuals: A Case Series.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice FoundationFour non-binary clients showed mixed results after 12 weeks of voice training. Pitch changes did not consistently match satisfaction scores. One client improved in both areas. The other three improved in some tasks but not others. This shows the need for goals based on client preference rather than standard acoustic targets.
• PTCohort2026Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy versus physical therapist-led exercise and the risk of cauda equina syndrome in adults with lumbar disc herniation, stenosis, or radiculopathy.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationChiropractic spinal manipulation did not increase the risk of cauda equina syndrome compared to physical therapist-led exercise in adults with lumbar disc herniation, stenosis, or radiculopathy. The risk was similarly low in both groups over three months.
• PTOTSLPOther2026Robotics and artificial intelligence applications in neurorehabilitation: a bibliometric analysis (2003-2025).Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationThe literature on robotics and AI in neurorehabilitation has grown rapidly since 2010, but remains heavily focused on stroke and exoskeleton design. There is little published research on Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, or paediatric populations, and the field lacks clinical validation data.
• PTOther2026Creating adjusted scores targeting mobility empowerment (CASTLE 2): Using response probabilities to expand interpretation of prosthetic limb users survey of mobility (PLUS-M) scores for individuals with lower limb amputation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationPLUS-M mobility maps can predict likely answers to mobility questions for people with lower limb amputation. Clinicians can compare predicted and actual answers to spot items where the patient is below the predicted answer and target rehabilitation.
• PTPilot2026A multimodal machine learning approach to forecast upper limb motor recovery after stroke using kinematic and electromyographic data - A pilot-study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationNo model clearly beat the others at predicting upper-limb recovery in people with recent stroke. A small pilot robot-based system flagged possible limited recovery, but the evidence is too thin to change therapy choices.
• PTOTCohort2026Quantitative clinical assessment of wrist proprioception with stroke survivors.Clinical rehabilitationA 10-trial wrist position sense test identifies impairment with 85.3% sensitivity and 95.7% specificity compared to the 20-trial version. Updated cut-off scores allow clinicians to confidently diagnose proprioceptive loss after stroke without adjusting for age, sex, or hand dominance.