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 671 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTOther2026Building From a Stable Foundation? Understanding Stability Skill Proficiency in British Children in the First Year of School.Child: care, health and developmentSixty per cent of children in their first year of school (143 of 243) could not perform any of three basic stability skills to the standard set, and only three children managed all three. The test may be too hard for this age.
• SLPOther2026Behaviour Change Techniques and Mechanisms of Action: Identification of the Active Ingredients in Communication Partner Training for People With Acquired Brain Injury.International journal of language & communication disordersCoding three communication partner training manuals found 27 behaviour change techniques and 17 mechanisms of action. Seven techniques appeared in at least 80% of sessions in all three, including goal setting, feedback and practice. It counts what the manuals contain, not what works.
• PTSystematic Review2026Variability in Terminal Phase Timing and Return-to-Sport Criteria in ACL Reconstruction Rehabilitation Protocols: A Scoping Review of U.S. Academic Institutions.International journal of sports physical therapyFewer than half of 119 publicly posted ACL rehabilitation protocols say what a patient must pass before returning to sport, and those that do disagree on the tests and thresholds. Where an end point is given, the final phase finishes at about seven months.
• PTMeta-Analysis2026Non-pharmacological therapies for patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesStructured exercise programmes helped people with LAM walk further in six minutes: 37.39 metres more on average across four small studies. Lung function and quality of life did not improve significantly, and none of the studies was randomised.
• SLPCase-Control2026Development and Validation of a Short Version Eye-Tracking Paradigm for the Screening and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Qatar.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchA four-minute eye-tracking test told apart children who already had an autism diagnosis from mostly typically developing controls, and its scores rose with autism severity on ADOS-2 and parent report. Accuracy was measured after diagnosis, not in unselected screening.
• SLPOther2026Motion-Steered Noise Management in Hearing Aids Reduces Listening Effort and Stress Indexed by Pupil Size and Heart Rate.Ear and hearingThe two hearing aids produced the same speech-in-noise comprehension scores, but not the same effort. In the harder condition with four competing talkers, the aid that also uses movement information kept pupil dilation and heart rate lower.
• OTSystematic Review2026Loneliness and Its Associated Factors in Individuals With Intellectual Disability and Borderline Intellectual Functioning: A Systematic Review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARIDLoneliness is common in adults with intellectual disability: a weighted average of 41.70% across 40 studies, above general-population figures. Being single, in poor health, on low income, unemployed, living alone or in an institution, and having few friendships were the factors most consistently linked.
• PTOTSystematic Review2026Mapping the Evidence on Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Individuals Experiencing Disability: A Scoping Review.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitationThe evidence on heart attack and stroke risk in people with physical disabilities is sparse and too varied to guide practice. Most of the 38 studies were retrospective database studies from the US and East Asia, and stroke was the most studied outcome.
• PTOTOther2026Digital Platform to Provide Health Data Feedback for Neurorehabilitation Patients: User-Centered Development and Proof-of-Concept Usability Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologiesBoth patients and therapists preferred progress bars and color-coded summaries over text or spider plots when shown rehabilitation results in a co-designed app, and rated its usability highly (93.6 and 80.9 out of 100). It used fabricated data, so no clinical benefit is shown.
• PTSystematic Review2026Real-world gait study of Parkinson's disease using wearable sensors: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAcross 63 studies, people with Parkinson's walked more slowly, with shorter steps and more variable gait when monitored with wearables at home compared with healthy controls. The studies used different devices, sensor sites and analysis methods, so the results cannot be pooled.
• Case-Control2026Autism and Cortical Thickness Deviation From Neurotypical Controls: Evidence for a Spatial Association With Serotonin Receptors.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchParts of the cortex that were thicker in autistic people than in neurotypical controls were the parts with more serotonin receptors 5HT1a and 5HT4. Dopamine and glutamate receptors showed no such match. No treatment was tested; this is scan data only.
• PTOther2026Don't Underestimate Pain on Palpation in the Clinical Exam for Achilles Tendinopathy.International journal of sports physical therapyOnly pain felt when the tendon is squeezed between finger and thumb tracked with worse tendon structure on ultrasound. Pressure pain threshold, hopping pain and the VISA-A questionnaire did not.
• SLPCase-Control2026Investigation of Swallowing Performance and Family Impact in Children With Speech and Language Delay.International journal of language & communication disordersChildren with speech and language delay scored worse than typically developing peers on mouth structure and movement tests, and their families reported lower quality of life. Food and drink intake was no different, but parents did report more swallowing problems.
• PTQualitative2026Key determinants for successful lifestyle change to address chronic musculoskeletal pain: The patient's perspective.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitationPatients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and metabolic disease said pain and limited mobility blocked lifestyle change, but many of those same patients called moving more the change that helped most. Pain-safe exercise instruction, concrete food swaps and accountability from clinicians were what carried them.
• OTSurvey2025Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on the occupational burnout among shift workers in Hong Kong.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOT39.4% of the 538 Hong Kong shift workers surveyed met the criteria for burnout during COVID-19. Working more than 24 shifts a month, 9 to 15 night shifts a month, and having been infected twice were all linked to higher odds.
• OTSurvey2025Determinants of the number of ATDs used by community-dwelling people recovering from stroke with mild cognitive impairments: A path analysis.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTIn 196 community-dwelling stroke survivors with normal to mild cognitive impairment, being older, more anxious, or more involved in daily activities went with using more assistive devices. Cognition did not predict how many devices someone used.
• OTCohort2025Exploring sense of coherence (SOC) in relation to working conditions for employees with hearing loss.Work (Reading, Mass.)Employees with hearing loss who were in work rated their work situation as more understandable, manageable and worthwhile than those who had taken hearing-related sick leave. Listening devices and adjustments at work were not linked to these ratings.
• OTOther2025The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of Nova Scotian dentists.Work (Reading, Mass.)Nova Scotian dentists described months with no income and masks and shields that made it hard to see and breathe. Returning to patients and colleagues was what kept them motivated. A follow-up survey found 84% reported more grinding and 79% more broken teeth.
• OTSurvey2025The effect of the information systems literacy of emergency health employees on their technology acceptance levels.Work (Reading, Mass.)Emergency ambulance staff who rated their information-systems skills higher also rated the new digital record-keeping as easier and more useful to use. Staff who had been trained on digital health records scored higher on both. This is a survey, so it shows association, not cause.
• OTSurvey2026Overlapping And Differentiating Clinical Features of Autism and Borderline Personality Disorder in Women and People Assigned Female at Birth: A Cross-Sectional Study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic women and people assigned female at birth scored higher on sensory and social differences, sameness and camouflaging. Those meeting BPD criteria scored higher on identity disturbance, distress when alone and impulsivity. Difficulty identifying emotions was the one thing both groups shared.
• PTNarrative Review2026Why Your Patient May Need a Bankart Repair Plus Remplissage.International journal of sports physical therapyA clinical commentary on adding remplissage to Bankart repair. It explains the technique and reviews other studies' results, but reports no patients of its own, so there is no new finding here to act on.
• OTSLPCohort2026Predictors of Parent Engagement in Part C Early Intervention for Autism: The Role of Single Parenthood and Initial Motivation.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceSingle parents took a less active part in early intervention sessions than parents living with a partner, and parents who started more motivated practiced at home more often. Nothing measured predicted attendance, and the engagement measures did not track together.
• OTQualitative2026Grief, Relief, and Belief: A Social Media Study on Late Identification of Neurodivergence.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAdults diagnosed late with autism or ADHD described grief for the years and support they missed and for their younger selves, alongside relief and gratitude at finally understanding themselves. Many also described burnout after assessment, made worse by little support afterwards.
• SLPCase Report2026Case Report: Tailored automatic speech recognition in global aphasia with dysarthria - a single case proof of concept.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesA system trained on one woman's voice recognised her intended word in 72.65% of 936 attempts, against 56.75% for twelve rehabilitation professionals who knew her speech. One patient and a 13-word vocabulary, so not proof it generalises.
• SLPCase Report2026Post-masking in cortical auditory evoked potentials following acoustically controlled auditory training: a case report.CoDASOne 25-year-old man with central auditory processing disorder scored better on every listening test after 10 sessions of computer-based auditory training, and his brainwave responses to speech got faster, with and without interfering noise. One person, so this cannot show the training works.
• PTOTCohort2026Everyday positioning experience in typically developing infants and infants with or at risk for cerebral palsy.Research in developmental disabilitiesInfants with or at risk for CP spent more of the day on their back and much less standing than typically developing peers: at 12 months, 40% versus 14% of the day supine, and 8% versus 29% standing. Motor milestone delays did not explain it.
• SLPCohort2026Language development of premature children followed up in an outpatient clinic: a preliminary study.CoDASNone of the birth, medical or family factors tested in these 61 premature children was linked to their language scores. Boys and children from poorer families had more low scores, but those patterns did not reach significance.
• PTOther2026Multimodal engagement estimation in paediatric robot-assisted gait training: integrating physiological sensing and biomechanical interaction.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationCombining heart-rate, facial-temperature and robot-torque data let a computer pick out when a child was engaged or not during Lokomat gait training better than any single signal. The middle 'neutral' state was often misread. Twenty children; research only.
• SLPOther2026Oral narrative discourse in schoolchildren with Autism Spectrum Disorder.CoDASChildren with autism and average or above-average reasoning, already in therapy and from better-off families, retold and understood a story about as well as typically developing peers. Their weak spot was retelling the story's essential facts, and they used fewer nouns and prepositions.
• PTPilot2026An Exploratory Analysis of Countermovement Jump Variables Between Higher and Lower Performers on the LESS and Y-Balance Tests.International journal of sports physical therapyCollegiate athletes who scored worse on the LESS drop-jump screen landed more stiffly on force plates, and those with a right-left reach difference over 4 cm jumped with greater mRSI, longer propulsion and higher landing force. Most comparisons showed no difference, and this underpowered pilot cannot show these tests predict injury.
• Survey2026Assessing Social Identity in Autistic Individuals: Evaluating A Self-Report Questionnaire in the Netherlands.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceFour separate things make up how autistic people feel about being autistic, and a 1,443-person Dutch survey backs a 14-item questionnaire that measures them. Feeling positive about being autistic went with fewer anxiety and depression symptoms; autism being central to identity went with more.
• OTMeta-Analysis2026Adaptive Interventions for Enhancing Participation Poststroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieAcross 24 randomised trials, adaptive goal-focused stroke programmes did not clearly improve participation. The one positive result was for everyday household activities in self-management style programmes. That was a secondary outcome.
• Other2026ADNP missense variant p.C687R disrupts chromatin regulation and GABAergic differentiation in Helsmoortel-Van der Aa syndrome.Molecular autismA single child's ADNP missense variant made the protein bind different places on the genome, and in her own reprogrammed cells it switched on genes that push developing neurons toward a GABAergic fate. No treatment was tested.
• PTCase Report2026Early multimodal rehabilitation and functional outcomes of a left brachial plexus injury after general anesthesia: a case report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesA 15-year-old regained full left arm function within six months after an upper trunk brachial plexus injury from surgical positioning. He had rehabilitation plus methylcobalamin, adenosine cobalamin, nerve growth factor, ganglioside and dexamethasone together, so no single treatment can be credited.
• PTCase Report2026Multiligamentous Knee Reconstruction Complicated by Septic Arthritis Following Cosmetic Surgery, A Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapyA recreational athlete's knee reconstruction was complicated by septic arthritis 11 days after elective cosmetic surgery, yet she returned to interval jogging by 16 weeks and coaching gymnastics by 6.5 months. One person, so nothing here proves the rehab protocol works.
• PTNarrative Review2026From Challenges to Change: Overcoming Hurdles to Clinician Driven Research.International journal of sports physical therapy
• SLPCohort2026Time Matters: Possible Predictors of the Number of Appointments During the First Year After Hearing Aid Fitting.American journal of audiologyAdults fitted with hearing aids attended about four follow-up appointments in the first year, most often three to five. People who paid more than $1,000 out of pocket, and those given an accessory, attended roughly one more visit. Hearing loss severity made no difference.
• PTOther2026Reliability of a Novel Qualitative Assessment Tool for Evaluating a Run Plant Task.International journal of sports physical therapyA video checklist for judging trunk and leg alignment during a run-and-plant task was not reliable enough to guide decisions about an athlete on its own. Raters agreed moderately on two items: trunk-in-line-with-shin and the foot pointing inwards.
• PTOther2026Cerebral cortical activation and functional connectivity characteristics of children with unilateral cerebral palsy during a single-session virtual reality throwing motor task: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciencesIn 35 children with unilateral cerebral palsy, one session of VR throwing raised activity in the affected side's sensorimotor and prefrontal cortex more than the same throwing without VR. It is a brain-response study only: no one measured whether movement improved.
• SLPOther2026'Better Conversations With Developmental Language Disorder': Designing a Novel Intervention for School-Aged Children and Their Main Carers.International journal of language & communication disorders
• PTCohort2026Impact of Physical Activity on Clinical Outcomes in Veterans Completing the VA's Traumatic Brain Injury Screening and Evaluation Program.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitationVeterans who screened positive for TBI reported worse mental health, cognition and quality of life, and those who exercised more reported better outcomes on every measure. This is observational data, so it cannot show that activity caused the improvement.
• SLPOther2026Analysis of play in children aged 2 to 4 with developmental language disorder.CoDASOf 37 children with developmental language disorder, 35 played at least one level below what is expected for their age. Better play went with better fine motor skills, but not with language, cognition, income or gestational age.
• OTCohort2025Descriptive evaluation of community based children's occupational therapy services using COPM.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOTParents rated children's performance and satisfaction higher after community occupational therapy, with mean performance rising from 3.6 to 6.7 and satisfaction from 3.8 to 7.3 on a ten-point scale. More sessions did not mean more improvement, and there was no control group.
• PTOTOther2025Factors influencing return to work after rotator cuff surgery: A scoping review.Work (Reading, Mass.)80.72% of workers returned to work after rotator cuff surgery, on average 6.2 months later, across 21 studies. Heavy manual work predicted lower and slower return; lighter duties predicted faster return. No single factor decided the outcome.
• PTOther2026Proprioceptive-augmented virtual reality influences the kinematic properties of movement imitation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitationAdding tendon vibration to a VR imitation task helped healthy adults match an avatar's movement speed when they copied it after watching, but made them less accurate when they copied it at the same time as watching.
• PTNarrative Review2026Determining force-velocity isokinetic capacities to individualize muscle strengthening in sports rehabilitation.International journal of sports physical therapyThe argument here is that testing strength at one movement speed hides why a patient can hit a strength target yet still move slowly. Sampling several speeds, the authors say, tells you what to train. No patients were tested.
• SLPCase-Control2026Autistic Children With Speech Onset Delay Show Reversed Bias in Spectral Versus Temporal Auditory Processing.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAutistic children with delayed speech needed a longer silent gap to notice a break in a sound, but could detect smaller changes in pitch than typically developing peers. In the autistic group, sharper pitch detection went with better language and nonverbal scores.
• OTOther2026Shattering Silence, Inviting Dialogue: Anti-Oppressive Occupational Therapy During the Genocide of Palestinians.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapieThere is no study here and no result to act on. The authors argue that occupational therapy bodies in Canada met the genocide of Palestinians with silence, and that staying neutral in the face of injustice is itself oppressive.
• PTOther2026The immediate effect of peripheral stimulation on cervical dystonia disease outcomes: single-case experimental design.Archives of physiotherapyOne session of TENS, muscle stimulation or vibration improved neck rotation in 5 to 8 of the 15 people and eased pain in most who had it. But responses varied widely, some people got worse, and nothing was measured beyond 10 minutes.
• OTSurvey2026Associations Between Autism and Self-Reported Dimensions of Interoception.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAdults with an autism diagnosis rated their bodily signals more negatively than non-autistic adults (70.8 vs 60.1), but did not differ in how accurately or often they noticed them. Higher autistic traits in the general sample went with lower accuracy and higher attention.