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PediatricSLPArticulationAutismCAS
This article provides clinicians with evidence-based recommendations on appropriate assessment and treatment practices for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Conclusions show how it is critically impor ...
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AdultSLPDysphagia
This literature review dives into various studies that evaluate and compare the relationship between respiratory function and dysphagia. Typically, cough peak flow (CPF) is only used for people with neuromuscular disorders. An SLP could gain useful c ...
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Dysphagia care has typically followed the traditional biomedical model, which can cause the patient to be labeled as “noncompliant” if they do not follow the SLP’s recommendations. However, this tutorial explains the benefits of shifting to the ...
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Forty-eight subjects who had a chronic stroke were assigned 18 training sessions. These training sessions were focused on improving step length asymmetry or stance time asymmetry. The researchers collected data regarding improvement in step gait spee ...
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AdultPTKneesOrthopaedics
The ESCAPE randomized clinical trial found non-inferiority of physical therapy compared to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM). This study analyzed data from that trial to see if there were factors that could be identified that can predict who wi ...
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This randomized control trial investigated the effectiveness of a Glove Rehabilitation Application for Stroke Patients (GRASP) virtual reality home exercise program (HEP) for upper extremity (UE) motor recovery following stroke. The GRASP system faci ...
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In this cross-sectional study, people hospitalized with chronic conditions completed measures of self-care function, functional cognition, occupational competence, and environmental impact. They also participated in a phone call or medical records re ...
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This study examines how and why occupational therapy practitioners across practice areas use gardening as an intervention. 60 occupational therapy practitioners completed a 15-question online survey about gardening as an occupational therapy interven ...
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This study examines how and why occupational therapy practitioners across practice areas use gardening as an intervention. 60 occupational therapy practitioners completed a 15-question online survey about gardening as an occupational therapy interven ...
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AdultSLPAttentionBrain Injury
The International expert panel of clinicians and researchers (INCOG) reviewed the research from 2014 to July 2021 to update the recommendations for treatment for people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The current research supports specific treat ...
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This tutorial reviews the use of visual-acoustic biofeedback (VAB) treatment in individuals with speech sound difficulties, with a focus on /ɹ/ production. The authors find that successful use of VAB requires good comprehension of the acoustic repre ...
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AdultSLPDysphagiaParkinson’s
In this study, 100% of the caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease (PWPD) reported a reduction in their quality of life (QOL). Currently, no validated objective measure is specifically for dysphagia and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Still, SLPs ...
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This systematic review examined the effects of horticultural therapy on persons with mental health conditions. A review of research from 1992 through 2015 located 14 studies. Eleven of the 14 studies reported statistically significant findings in sup ...
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This systematic review examined the effects of horticultural therapy on persons with mental health conditions. A review of research from 1992 through 2015 located 14 studies. Eleven of the 14 studies reported statistically significant findings in sup ...
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A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial was conducted in 63 adults with symptomatic knee arthritis. About half of the participants were randomized to receive blueberry powder, while the other half received placebo powder daily for four mo ...
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This study aimed to provide external validation to a clinical prediction rule or CPR that was proposed in a 2021 article by Jean et al. The original CPR aimed to establish the cutoff scores for being able to walk outdoors >100m one year after spinal ...
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AdultSLPBrain InjuryFinancesStroke
This article provides a broad explanation of the legal terms, environment, and process for determining patients' decisional capacity. The speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a crucial team member in determining the patient’s speech and language ca ...
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PediatricSLPFluency
This research paper focuses on an alternative treatment model for working with students who stutter. Treatment sessions focused on changing attitudes about stuttering and also controlling stuttering behaviors in the group and individual setting. One ...
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The objective of this study was to compare prefabricated and custom resting hand splints and establish the feasibility of splinting research for larger-scale trials. This study was a randomized controlled pilot study where the randomization unit was ...
