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 670 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2026The relationship between clinical outcomes and gait biomechanics in individuals with plantar fasciitis.Archives of physiotherapyIn plantar fasciitis, how far the ankle bends and how well someone balances were linked to walking speed, while heel pain was not. The authors suggest calf stretching and balance training as targets, but this study cannot show they improve anything.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Long-Term Speech Outcomes in Moderate-to-Severe Childhood Speech Sound Disorder: A Systematic Review.International journal of language & communication disordersThe studies differ too much in how they define severity, when they reassess and what they measure to answer whether, or when, a moderate-to-severe childhood speech sound disorder resolves. Persistence was common in childhood apraxia of speech and speech-plus-language difficulties.
• SLPCohort2026Using Network Analysis to Understand the Associations Between Menopausal Symptoms and Mental Health in Women With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDWomen with intellectual disabilities who reported fatigue, hot flushes or night sweats, or mood changes were far more likely to report anxiety tied to their menopause. That anxiety went with more challenging behaviour and more psychotropic medication use.
• PTOTOther2026A mixed methods analysis of health literacy among adults with brachial plexus birth injury.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineAdults with brachial plexus birth injury describe care as all or nothing. A provider who knows the condition, or is willing to learn, makes it work. An unfamiliar or dismissive one does not, and childhood specialty care disappears in adulthood.
• SLPOther2026Promoting awareness of open access publishing in speech-language therapy and audiology: Lessons from multilingual language assessment research.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir KommunikasieafwykingsThis is an opinion piece arguing that open access publishing helps South African speech-language therapists and audiologists reach research they can actually use. It reports no patients and no outcomes, so nothing here changes clinical practice.
• PTOTPilot2026Feasibility, acceptability, and functional outcomes of a home-based exergaming telerehabilitation program for adults with functional disabilities: a multi-center single-arm pilot study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationA caregiver-supervised home exergaming programme was feasible: 9 of 10 participants exercised on more than 70% of days and no falls or adverse events occurred. Functional gains were seen but are uncontrolled, and everyone kept having usual outpatient rehabilitation.
• SLPQualitative2026A qualitative evaluation of cognitive-behavioural therapy components for social anxiety in autistic adults: Lived experiences from a modified group program.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults found this group CBT useful, but said cognitive restructuring misfired when their social fears reflected real exclusion rather than distorted thinking. Over 95% valued concrete social strategies. About a quarter said exposure tasks amplified their distress instead of reducing it.
• OTSLPSurvey2026Growing-up autistic: Sharing autistic children's experiences and insights.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceMost of these 136 autistic children felt it was okay to be autistic at home (91%) but not around teachers (26.8%) or friends (40.2%). Only 4.5% felt they definitely had the words to describe being autistic, and 45.1% said they masked.
• PTOther2026Effect of stride count on the validity and reliability of autocorrelation-based gait variability variables in older adults requiring long-term care.Journal of physical therapy scienceCounting more strides changes the gait variability value a trunk accelerometer gives you. Two strides drifted far from the 10-stride reference, and repeat walks only agreed with each other at 7 to 9 strides, more than the usual six.
• PTRCT2026Effectiveness of manual therapy as a prophylactic treatment for migraine: a randomized controlled trial.Archives of physiotherapyManual therapy plus exercises did not reduce migraine days more than usual GP care at any follow-up. Patients who received it felt more improved, but the usual-care group's preventive medication use rose from 6% at the start to 39% by 26 weeks.
• PTOTQualitative2026Health Care Providers' Perspectives on a Hybrid Outpatient Stroke Telerehabilitation Program: Qualitative Implementation Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesClinicians in one hybrid stroke telerehabilitation program wanted the choice of video or in-person visits, saw video as useful for intake, goal-setting and discharge planning but not for hands-on balance and gait work, and said it suited more independent, better-connected patients.
• SLPOther2026Effect of Avatar Head Movements on Communication Behavior and Subjective Evaluations of Presence and Success in Triadic Conversations.Trends in hearingMaking avatars' head movements more realistic changed little: listeners turned their heads slightly closer to the speakers and spoke in longer stretches, but did not rate the conversation as any easier. Background noise changed far more, raising speech volume and lengthening turn-taking gaps.
• PTOTSystematic Review2026Organizational barriers and enablers of adult mobility in general acute hospital units: a scoping review.Physical therapyThe barriers to acute inpatients getting moving are mostly ward-level: staff with no time, unclear roles, nowhere to walk to or sit, and a falls-averse culture. Only 14 of 51 studies looked beyond the ward.
• SLPCase-Control2026Emergency Department Care for Patients With Prader-Willi Syndrome: A 2019-2021 National Emergency Department Sample Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPeople with Prader-Willi syndrome who arrive at the emergency department are far more likely than matched patients to be admitted to hospital or to die there, most often with blood infection or breathing problems.
• OTSystematic Review2026Cognitive Interventions and Rehabilitation to Address Long-COVID Symptoms: A Systematic Review.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthCognitive training, CBT, neurostimulation and multicomponent rehabilitation were each reported to ease long COVID symptoms, but only three of the 19 studies were randomised trials and most of the rest had no control group.
• OTQualitative2025Exploring Textured Hair Care as a Meaningful Occupation: A Thematic Analysis.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieBlack and Mixed race occupational therapists in Canada said textured hair care is a meaningful occupation that was never mentioned in their practice or their training, and that hospital combs and shampoo do not work for it.
• OTQualitative2025Occupational Therapists' Experiences of Assessments With Indigenous Peoples: A Storytelling Approach.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieOccupational therapists described pressure from referrers and funders to complete standardized assessments that clash with culturally safer practice. What they said helped was human connection first, sharing power, and letting Indigenous service users decide whether and how to take part.
• OTCohort2025Long-term follow-up of participants with mental ill health in the Danish return-to-work program: A secondary analysis of a controlled trial.Work (Reading, Mass.)A Danish return-to-work programme for people off sick with mental health problems did not change health-related welfare dependency at 1, 3 or 5 years. The only positive result came at 5 years, on non-health-related benefits (18.1% versus 19.5%).
• OTRCT2025Repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation for hemiparetic hand edema in stroke patients: A randomized crossover trial.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTTwo weeks of repetitive magnetic stimulation added to standard rehabilitation reduced hand swelling and improved knuckle bending in stroke patients with a severely paralysed hand. Sixteen people finished the study, all in one hospital, and nobody was blinded.
• OTSurvey2026'A New Pace of Life': A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Retirement Plans, Preparations and Experiences in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults retired at similar ages to non-autistic adults but arrived there differently: fewer had made any retirement plans, fewer had full state or workplace pensions, and more had been unemployed or unable to work. They worried most about money, losing routine and loneliness.
• PTRCT2026Acute Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Peripheral Tissue Oxygenation Behavior in Individuals With COPD: A Randomized Crossover Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyThe main measure, how fast muscle oxygen fell during a single breathing-training session, did not differ between strength, endurance or sham training in 29 people with COPD. Strength training reached the lowest muscle oxygen faster, but the changes were small.
• SLPCohort2026Patterns of handshape errors in the Auslan productions of young children.Journal of deaf studies and deaf educationOf 3,849 handshapes produced by 44 children learning Auslan, only 374 were wrong; 88.7% of those errors were substitutions, usually swapping in a common shape such as B, 1, 5 or S. Patterns differed from ASL, so ASL norms may not apply.
• OTSurvey2026How Much is Universal Accessibility Actually Taught in Canadian Occupational Therapy Programs?Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieEvery one of the 13 responding Canadian occupational therapy programs teaches universal accessibility, but only 7 have a dedicated course; the rest cover it inside other courses. Instructors rated it important, yet named gaps in depth and consistency.
• SLPSystematic Review2026Digital Technologies for Children With Hearing Impairments to Support Language Learning: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesMost digital tools for children with hearing loss are mobile apps, and most of those teach sign vocabulary. Only 12 of 45 studies reported any outcomes at all, and they were small and short, so nothing here shows these tools work.
• SLPOther2026Navigating the challenges of moving from research to clinical care: The example of the Teen Online Problem Solving program.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineTherapists said they could adapt an online problem-solving programme for teenagers with brain injury to other neurological conditions, prioritising the young person's current concerns over the diagnosis and changing session order and pace. No patient outcomes were measured, so this shows adaptation, not effectiveness.
• PTOTOther2026Assessing and categorizing health-related quality of life outcomes in children and youth with acquired brain injury in outpatient rehabilitation.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicineYoung people referred to rehabilitation after acquired brain injury reported much lower quality of life than healthy Dutch peers, especially for school and work. Young adults fared worst. The authors propose cut-offs to make these scores quicker to interpret at intake.
• OTCohort2026The association of daily urinary and bowel incontinence with emotional functioning in young adults with spina bifida: an ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of rehabilitation medicineThese 23 young adults with spina bifida reported worse mood, more anxiety and lower quality of life on days with more frequent or larger incontinence, or when they avoided activities. Managing bowel accidents on their own went with better mood and quality of life.
• PTOTSLPSurvey2026"No Words Needed": Results of a Survey on How Parents of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders Perceive (In)formal Peer Support.Child: care, health and developmentMost of the 225 Dutch parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (77.3%) said they needed peer support, mainly to hear others' experiences and to feel understood without judgement. Only 12.4% found it through a healthcare provider; most connected via Facebook groups.
• PTPilot2026A Pilot Study of a Synchronous Virtual Ultrasound Imaging Module for Physiotherapy Education.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapyA one-hour virtual ultrasound session raised physiotherapy students' written test scores by a mean of 3.55 points out of 12, and a blinded expert scored their shoulder images at 69% of the maximum. With no control group, this shows feasibility rather than competence.
• SLPOther2026Multidimensional Measurements of Dysarthria in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1.International journal of language & communication disordersAdults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 spoke and articulated more slowly than reference values, could not reach normal loudness, and had a narrower pitch range. Most rated their own speech as fine. Relatives rated it lower as severity rose. Twenty-two patients, no control group.
• SLPOther2026Influence of the Electrode-Neuron Interface and Asymmetry of Pulses on the Spread of Excitation in Cochlear Implants: A Computational Study.Trends in hearingWidening the gap between electrode and nerve widened the spread of stimulation in this computer model. Lengthening a pulse's second phase narrowed the spread but also suppressed nerve responses, and whether that helped depended on the gap.
• PTOTSystematic Review2026Varied effectiveness of outpatient rehabilitation interventions in reducing long-term complications following childhood brain tumours: a systematic review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesAfter treatment for a childhood brain tumour, rehabilitation most often helped movement: four of the five studies measuring balance, coordination, motor skills or daily living found gains, though every study was small. Cognitive outcomes did not improve in any study.
• SLPQualitative2026What Influences Speech Pathology Practice for Children with Complex Communication Needs from Multilingual Families? An Australian Perspective.International journal of language & communication disordersFamilies often resisted AAC, asking when therapy would work on talking instead. English dominated both sessions and device choice, and speech pathologists lacked the time, funding and interpreters to build systems in home languages.
• SLPCohort2026The Influence of Aphasia Type and Severity on Sentence Comprehension after Left Hemisphere Stroke.International journal of language & communication disordersSentence understanding got worse as grammar got harder in people after a left-hemisphere stroke, including those scoring above the aphasia cut-off and those with anomic aphasia. On the hardest sentences, passive object-relatives, everyone including older controls scored near chance.
• PTOTSurvey2026Health Functioning Moderates the Association Between Chronic Conditions and Mental Illness in Childhood.Child: care, health and developmentChildren with a chronic condition were more than twice as likely to have a mood disorder, but not other mental illnesses. The link to anxiety, ADHD and any mental illness appeared only in children with better health functioning.
• PTCohort2026Normative data for the balance error scoring system for patients with chronic neck pain.Brazilian journal of physical therapyBalance errors on the BESS rise with age in adults with chronic subclinical neck pain, from a mean of 16.23 of 60 at 20-29 years to 30.48 at 60-69. Men scored better than women, significantly so only at 20-29.
• OTQualitative2026What Tools, Technology and Techniques Enable Participation in an eMaking Program for People With Intellectual Disabilities?Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDStaff who run eMaking sessions for adults with intellectual disabilities say participation depends less on the technology than on how it is taught: tailored to the person's interests, demonstrated step by step, in short bursts, with equipment adapted so they can do it themselves.
• PTQualitative2026Primary care provider attitudes regarding physical therapists addressing opioid use and opioid misuse: a qualitative study.Physical therapyPrimary care providers welcomed physical therapists screening for opioid misuse, educating patients about opioid risks, and suggesting dose reductions, but most wanted to hear from the therapist first and wanted positive screens sent back to them.
• OTSystematic Review2026Art Group Interventions for Children With Learning Differences: A Systematic Review.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthArt groups for children with learning differences show trends toward fewer hyperactive and impulsive behaviours and better self-expression, but most of these findings were not conclusive and came from weak studies. What goes into the session matters more than how long it runs.
• OTSLPOther2026"Disconnected From Everyone and Everything Around Them": A Mixed Method Study to Explore the Perspectives of Children With Language Difficulties and Their Caregivers On Mental Health Concerns and Mental Health Support.International journal of language & communication disordersMost of 120 caregivers of children with language difficulties (91%) had worried about their child's mental health, mainly anxiety, self-esteem and friendships, but 65% said their child had never had formal mental health support. Talk-based therapy was described as a poor fit.
• OTSurvey2025Sensory Processing Patterns in People With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthAdults with upper-limb CRPS described their senses working differently from most people's: high sensitivity to sensation and strong avoidance of it, with those under 65 also saying they miss more sensory input than most. A one-time survey, so patterns, not causes or treatments.
• OTQualitative2025Supporting Students in Relation to Racism: Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Educator Perspectives.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieRacism is a constant in the workplaces these nine Manitoba OT educators send students into, from service users, colleagues and the way services run. They teach by open dialogue and reflection, but were mostly self-taught and did not know where to get students support.
• OTSurvey2025The role of uncertainty in earthquake fear and well-being among seafarers.Work (Reading, Mass.)Fear of earthquakes went with lower mental well-being in 357 Turkish seafarers, but the link ran through how badly they tolerated uncertainty. Once that was accounted for, earthquake fear alone no longer predicted well-being.
• OTSurvey2025Teacher-school fit, job satisfaction, participation in decision-making, and psychological ownership as predictors of organizational ostracism among primary school teachers.Work (Reading, Mass.)Teachers who felt they fitted their school reported less exclusion at work, but the direct link was not significant. The effect ran indirectly, through job satisfaction and psychological ownership, or through job satisfaction and participation in decision-making.
• PTNarrative Review2026Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy with Haglund's Deformity: A Progressive Approach to Post-Operative Rehabilitation in Athletes.International journal of sports physical therapyNot a study. This is a clinical commentary proposing a five-stage post-operative rehabilitation programme after Haglund's deformity removal and Achilles debridement in athletes. It reports no patients and no outcomes, so nothing here is evidence the protocol works.
• OTSystematic Review2026Screening Fitness to Drive After Stroke Across Demographic Subgroups: A Systematic Review.OTJR : occupation, participation and healthThe screening tests rated most useful for judging fitness to drive after stroke, the SDSA and Trail Making Test-B, were validated mainly in older men from high-income countries. Only 21% of participants were female.
• OTQualitative2026Exploring the Influence of LGBTQ+ and Religious Attitudes in Sexual Health Education for College Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDStudents with intellectual disabilities who'd had sexual health education could name their sexual orientation and gender identity; those without it did not know the terms. Religion shaped some students' attitudes, not others, and three women said they needed a parent's permission to be sexual.
• PTCase Series2026ACL Rehabilitation Plateaus Across Athlete Populations: Two Case Reports and a Clinical Framework for Identifying Functional Stagnation.International journal of sports physical therapyTwo athletes stalled in ACL rehabilitation despite adhering to their programs. One avoided heavy weights and stayed more than 25% weaker on the operated leg, returning only to recreational play. The other lost three months of rehab, then got back to competitive football.
• PTRCT2026The Effects of the Abdominal Drawing-In Maneuver on Intra-Abdominal Pressure and Torque During Trunk Rotation.International journal of sports physical therapyDrawing the lower abdomen in during a maximal trunk rotation dropped intra-abdominal pressure from 96.7 to 34.9 mmHg and rotational torque from 68.7 to 49.1 Nm, compared with rotating without any abdominal instruction. The authors suggest bracing or the Valsalva for high-load rotational tasks.
• Qualitative2026'One Size Does Not Fit All'. The Voices of Professionals Regarding the Delivery of Relationships and Sexuality Education to Children and Young People With Intellectual Disability: Findings From a UK-Wide Qualitative Study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDProfessionals delivering relationships and sex education in special schools say one approach cannot fit everyone: content has to be pitched to each student and repeated over years. They describe few suitable resources, no structured programme, and support stopping when students leave school.