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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• SLPPilot2026miR-26b-5p responds to aerobic exercise intervention for concussion recovery in adolescent athletes: a pilot trial.Brain injurySaliva tests for four specific microRNAs distinguished concussed teens from healthy ones. A fifth marker, miR-26b-5p, rose with exercise volume in concussed teens, potentially confirming adherence to rehab. These are exploratory biomarkers, not clinical tools yet.
• PTOTOther2026Linguistic Validation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Shoulder Telehealth Assessment Tool for Filipino Patients with Musculoskeletal Shoulder Condition: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesThe Filipino shoulder telehealth questionnaire was understood well for pain and range of motion, but strength items were hard to use. Pictures improved performance, yet the tool should still be confirmed by a clinician and not replace in-person assessment.
• OTCase-Control2026EEG microstate features under visual feedback gain conditions exhibit high sensitivity in identifying early Parkinson's disease patients.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationEEG patterns during a grip task with amplified visual feedback separated early Parkinson's patients from healthy controls perfectly in this small study. Independent testing is needed.
• SLPPilot2026Form-Meaning Relations in Russian Confirmative and Surprise Declarative Questions.Language and speechRussian speakers used distinct pitch patterns and longer durations to separate confirmative questions from surprise questions. Surprise questions were the longest and had a unique pitch peak on the subject, distinguishing them from all other utterance types.
• Cohort2026Childhood white matter morphology and longitudinal change in symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Developmental medicine and child neurologyGirls with ADHD showed more severe inattention than boys but improved more over time. Childhood white matter structure in the corticospinal tract predicted better hyperactivity outcomes. No brain marker predicted inattention change. These are preliminary findings from a small imaging subgroup.
• PTOther2026Steps to Health: Backward Walking Predicts Physical Activity Levels in Multiple Sclerosis.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairSlower backward walking identified people with MS who did not reach 7500 steps daily over 3 months, with cutoffs of 0.89 m/s comfortable and 1.25 m/s fast.
• OTSLPCohort2025Parental Education Predicts Longitudinal IQ Trajectories in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Three-Cohort European Study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRIQ scores in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome declined over time. Parental education predicted this decline, but sleep, stress, and substance use did not. This is an association, not proof that education causes the change, as genetic factors likely overlap with family background.
• SLPRCT2025Efficacy of Game-Based EMG-Biofeedback Therapy in Post-Stroke Dysphagia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.DysphagiaAdding game-based EMG biofeedback to standard swallowing exercises improved aspiration scores and quality of life more than exercises alone. However, the primary measure of oral intake showed no difference between groups, so the technique did not clearly help patients eat better.
• OTSLPOther2025Bayesian prevalence of autism and unmet special education needs in Chile in a sample of three million school-age children.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceSchool records in Chile identified 0.46% of children with autism, but linking these to health records revealed a true prevalence of 1.31%. This suggests a large unmet need, with an estimated 25,903 autistic children not accessing school-based support services.
• SLPOther2025Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Validation of the Italian Version of the Feeding-Swallowing Impact Survey for both Members of Parental Dyads.DysphagiaThe Italian Feeding-Swallowing Impact Survey reliably measures caregiver burden for both mothers and fathers. It accurately distinguishes parents of children with feeding disorders from those without, using specific cut-off scores. Mothers and fathers report similar levels of impact, despite mothers doing more mealtime work.
• SLPOther2025Dimensionality Reduction in Lingual Articulation of Vowels: Evidence From Lax Vowels in Northern Anglo-English.Language and speechStandard two-point measures of tongue position in ultrasound studies are too reductive and generate systematic errors. The study recommends measuring three specific points: the tongue root and the anterior and posterior tongue dorsum to accurately capture vowel contrasts.
• SLPOther2025Relationships Between Subjective and Objective Measures of Listening Accuracy and Effort in an Online Speech-in-Noise Study.Ear and hearingListening effort ratings distinguish people with hearing loss from those with normal hearing across most noise levels, whereas speech accuracy scores only separate them in very noisy conditions. Effort measures capture everyday listening difficulty better than accuracy alone.
• PTOTSLPSystematic Review2025What are we targeting when we support inclusive education for autistic students? A systematic review of 233 empirical studies and call for community partnerships.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceResearch on inclusive education for autistic students overwhelmingly targets child skills, not environment. Social skills interventions were most common, while physical and sensory adaptations were rare. This gap limits true inclusion, as schools often fail to adjust the setting to support participation.
• SLPCase-Control2025Concurrent Compensation for Auditory and Visual Processing in Individuals With Single-Sided Deafness.Ear and hearingAdults with congenital single-sided deafness showed stronger and faster early visual brain responses than normal-hearing controls. Their auditory responses to the hearing ear were also stronger, matching the amplitude seen in controls when both ears were stimulated, suggesting a shift in cortical resource allocation.
• OTSLPCohort2025Executive Function and Social Cognition Performance Predicts Social Difficulty for Autistic Adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchExecutive function and social cognition both predict social difficulty in autistic adults, but independently. Neither mediates the other, so assessing and targeting these two domains separately is more useful than assuming they are linked.
• OTSLPRCT2025Effectiveness of a Parent Empowerment Program for Parents of Children with Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Child: care, health and developmentParents of children with autism who received training plus motivational interviews reported higher self-efficacy and lower stress than those who did not. However, their perceived care burden did not significantly decrease. The intervention improved parents' confidence and stress levels but did not reduce the weight of daily caregiving duties.
• SLPCohort2025Comparison of Available Tools to Screen for Autism at 12 and 15 Months.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBPAt 12 months, the FYI-L identified more children later diagnosed with autism than the ITC. At 15 months, the FYI-L and M-CHAT-R/F identified similar numbers. Screening mostly avoided false alarms, but many autism cases were missed and many who screened positive did not have autism.
• SLPOther2025Auditory and Semantic Processing of Speech-in-Noise in Autism: A Behavioral and EEG Study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults judged sentences as accurately as non-autistic adults in quiet and noise, but their brains showed weaker early speech tracking and delayed semantic processing. They also did not flexibly adjust brain responses to different background noises.
• Survey2025Measuring the influence of perceived organizational support, organizational hierarchy culture, strategic human resource management, and psychological empowerment on the return to work.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesPerceived organizational support did not directly predict successful return to work. Instead, strategic human resource management was the key driver, significantly boosting return rates and empowering employees. Hierarchical culture also supported return, suggesting formal structure aids reintegration in this context.
• SLPQualitative2026Identifying P300 brain-computer interface training strategies for AAC in children: a focus group study.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)Experts recommend adapting P300-BCI-AAC training to each child's development. Strategies include pre-teaching with real objects, using manual controls to boost confidence, simplifying visual arrays, and ensuring stable seating to protect signal quality.
• Narrative Review2026Neuropharmacology in pediatric traumatic brain injury.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineMedication choices for pediatric TBI complications are largely extrapolated from adult studies. Evidence in children is limited to case series and small trials. Treatment must account for rapid developmental changes and risks like sedation or withdrawal.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Predictive associations between brain functional connectivity, motor abilities, and executive function development in early childhood: a longitudinal machine learning study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationBrain connectivity patterns in healthy 3 to 6 year olds predicted their motor and cognitive development over 12 months. Sensorimotor network maturation was the strongest predictor for motor skills, while attention and default mode networks best predicted executive function.
• PTOTCohort2026Physical activity and related characteristics in assisted living residents with different levels of mobility: a comparative analysis.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technologyResidents using wheelchairs or scooters had worse lower-body function than ambulatory peers, but similar hand strength. Activity counts were not significantly different between groups. Physical activity correlated with better balance and grip in seated users, suggesting upper-body exercise is viable.
• PTOTOther2026Longitudinal reference centiles for the Gross Motor Function Measure-66 in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy.Developmental medicine and child neurologyNew reference centiles allow therapists to judge if a child's gross motor gain over six months is clinically meaningful. They extend assessment to adolescents up to 18 years and show high agreement with previous methods for detecting both improvement and deterioration.
• PTRCT2026Therapeutic Use of Virtual Reality for Patients With Fibromyalgia and Chronic Neck Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAdding 10 minutes of immersive VR to 20 minutes of neck exercises helped women with fibromyalgia more than exercises alone. The VR group showed greater and more sustained improvements in neck disability, pain sensitization, and kinesiophobia one month after treatment.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026The Accuracy of the PREP2 Prediction Tool for Upper Limb Outcomes After Stroke as Part of Routine Clinical Care.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPREP2 predictions by clinicians missed the 70% accuracy target overall. It worked well for patients with a SAFE score of 5 or higher and those with no motor response to stimulation. Accuracy was poor for those needing stimulation who showed a motor response.
• PTOTCohort2026Short prescribed exercises can quantify upper limb functioning in neurodegenerative disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationWearing a wrist sensor during a five-minute arm-swing exercise at home tracked ALS upper limb decline as well as continuous monitoring did, while avoiding the drop-off in compliance that comes with wearing a device all day.
• SLPSystematic Review2025A Call for Inclusion: Children With Intellectual Disabilities in Trauma Treatment Research.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRChildren with intellectual disabilities were explicitly excluded from 61% of randomized trials testing PTSD treatments. Most studies did not report how many were screened out or why, leaving a large gap in evidence for treating trauma in this vulnerable population.
• SLPQualitative2025Adolescent, Parent and Clinician Perspectives on Time Alone in Chronic Illness Visits at a Single Children's Hospital.Child: care, health and developmentAdolescents with chronic illness often share sensitive details about medication adherence and lifestyle risks during time alone with clinicians, which parents cannot hear. This practice builds trust and prepares teens for adult care, though some prefer parents present.
• SLPSurvey2025Assessing Public Awareness and Understanding of Dysphagia: A Representative Survey of US Adults.DysphagiaOnly 24.5% said they knew what dysphagia was. When asked what it affects, 45% correctly chose swallowing, and 4% correctly identified all three health impacts.
• Pilot2025Looped Audiovisual Health Education Talk Reduces Vaccine Clinic Wait Time in Nigeria.Child: care, health and developmentReplacing live vaccine talks with a looped video cut average clinic wait time from 72 to 59 minutes. Most clients and providers accepted the change, finding the video educational and the wait time adequate. This workflow change reduced delays without compromising perceived education quality.
• Cohort2025Effect of Maternal Pregnancy Intention on Neonatal and Infant Healthcare Across the Continuum of Care in Ethiopia: A National Longitudinal Study Using Propensity Score Methods.Child: care, health and developmentWomen with intended pregnancies had higher odds of early and exclusive breastfeeding and full immunisation than those with unintended pregnancies. However, pregnancy intention showed no significant difference for essential newborn care practices among women giving birth at home.
• SLPCohort2025Machine Learning Feasibility in Cochlear Implant Speech Perception Outcomes-Moving Beyond Single Biomarkers for Cochlear Implant Performance Prediction.Ear and hearingPreoperative data plus machine learning predicted 6-month cochlear implant speech scores slightly better than the standard prediction method, but the gain was less than 1%. Categorical models better flagged likely poor performers, though the lowest group was correctly named only 42% of the time.
• OTCase-Control2025Personality Trait Profiles in People With Mild Intellectual Disability: A Comparative Study.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRPeople with mild intellectual disability report personality traits similar to those with average education, despite some small differences. Clinicians should assess these traits directly rather than assuming they stem solely from intellectual impairment.
• SLPOther2025Effect of Speech Material and Scoring Method on Psychometric Curves for Cochlear Implant Users and Typical Hearing Listeners.Ear and hearingFor cochlear implant users, the Matrix test is much harder than the DIN test, especially if scored by sentence. Use word scoring for Matrix sentences to get accurate results. The DIN test with digit scoring offers the best sensitivity for tracking progress in this group.
• SLPOther2025A Machine Learning Pipeline for Automated Bolus Segmentation and Area Measurement in Swallowing Videofluoroscopy Images of an Infant Pig Model.DysphagiaA free machine learning tool measured bolus area in infant pig swallowing videos with 97% less time than manual methods. It achieved strong accuracy but required human review to correct errors caused by bubbles and surgical beads.
• SLPCohort2025Screening for psychological problems in deaf and hard of hearing students.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationTeachers identified significantly more psychological problems in deaf students than parents did. Internalizing issues spiked in secondary students with negative life circumstances. Screening must use multi-informant assessments and explicitly ask about trauma to catch these risks.
• PTOTOther2025Healthy Lifestyle Matters: A Network Analysis of Urban Chinese Pre-School Children's Adiposity, Sleep Health, Mental Health, Child Functioning and Health Behaviours.Child: care, health and developmentAge was the strongest linked factor in urban Chinese preschoolers, linking motor coordination, executive function, and activity. It was not linked to mental health. Girls had less activity and more emotional problems, but overall patterns of relationships did not differ by sex.
• SLPPilot2025"Cool" and "Hot" executive functions in deaf children: the executive brain battery (EBB).Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationAround 75% of deaf children aged 6 to 12 completed the game-based test of thinking and self-regulation, but some sign-language users struggled with instructions. Older children made better uncertain choices, and younger boys showed more difficulty.
• OTSLPOther2025Consensus recommendations for usability and acceptability of mobile health autism screening tools.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceExperts and families agreed autism screening apps must use plain language, avoid stigmatizing words like 'abnormal,' and link directly to local early intervention resources. These design choices aim to reduce tech stress and improve access for underserved families.
• SLPPilot2025Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Does Not Increase Reports of Camouflaging Behavior in Autistic Adults: Results From an Exploratory Study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic adults in this CBT group reported less social anxiety and avoidance. They did not report significantly more or less camouflaging on average. Those who improved most in anxiety also showed the largest drops in camouflaging.
• SLPCohort2025Social Predictors of Hearing Aid Purchase: Do Stigma, Social Network Composition, Social Support, and Loneliness Matter?Ear and hearingAge and self-reported hearing handicap were the strongest predictors of hearing aid purchase. Stigma about wearing devices predicted lower uptake, and knowing someone with suspected hearing loss predicted higher uptake. Loneliness and age-related stigma did not predict purchase.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2025The effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy on bone mineral density and microarchitecture in animal models of osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn osteoporotic animals, extracorporeal shockwave therapy improved bone density and structure. However, this is preclinical evidence only. It does not show the treatment works in humans, nor is it safe for the deep bones where osteoporosis fractures actually happen.
• OTPilot2025"It fostered a greater appreciation for my little corner of the world": A feasibility study of a therapeutic photography intervention for the well-being of autistic youth.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic youth found a 4-week photography intervention feasible and meaningful, describing it as helping them appreciate small things and feel more grounded. However, standard well-being scores showed no significant improvement, and participants requested more flexibility to fit their lives.
• SLPCohort2026Phonemic simplification in apraxia of speech and aphasia with phonemic paraphasia.Clinical linguistics & phoneticsPhonemic simplification occurs in both apraxia of speech and aphasia with phonemic paraphasia. It is not specific to apraxia and cannot reliably distinguish the two groups. Severity of speech errors drives simplification more than diagnosis.
• PTOther2026Relationship between anterior-posterior ground reaction force patterns and immediate effect of different types of ankle-foot orthoses in individuals with post-stroke hemiparesis: a cross-sectional study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationBoth oil-damper and solid plastic ankle-foot orthoses improved walking speed and propulsion in people with post-stroke hemiparesis, but only in those with the most severe gait deviations. People with better baseline gait saw no benefit, and the speed gains were small.
• PTOTSLPCohort2026Reactive Balance Deficits Differ in People After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Based on Chronicity of Self-Reported Symptoms.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairPeople with chronic dizziness after mild brain injury took longer to regain balance after a push than those with acute symptoms. Acute patients reacted more slowly but stabilized as fast as healthy adults. Balance strategies shifted from slow reaction to slow recovery as symptoms persisted.
• PTOTSLPOther2026The influence of upper extremity improvement on daily function in individuals with chronic stroke following task-oriented interventions: a structural equation modeling approach.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationImproving arm impairment alone did not predict better daily function in stroke survivors. Only faster task execution and less impairment directly predicted independence. Strength and movement quality helped daily life only indirectly, by making movements faster.
• PTSurvey2026Telerehabilitation Trends in Australian Physiotherapy and an Exploration of Factors That Influence Use After COVID-19 Restrictions: Qualitative Content Analysis.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesAustralian physiotherapists used telerehabilitation much more during COVID restrictions, but after restrictions eased use fell to 14% of caseload, still above prepandemic 4%. Many preferred in-person care, thought patients did too, and doubted telerehabilitation effectiveness.
• Narrative Review2026Advancing Neurorehabilitation and Recovery Through Human Movement Quantification via Wearable Sensing.Neurorehabilitation and neural repairThis paper outlines the promise of wearable sensors for measuring daily movement but provides no new clinical evidence. It discusses how to validate these tools and integrate them into care, without reporting patient outcomes or testing interventions.