Value and application of the ICF in rehabilitation medicine

Stucki, Gerold; Ewert, Thomas; Cieza, Alarcos

doi:10.1080/09638280210148594

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“…Furthermore, it provides an immediate database for different centres 5 to access to answer upcoming scientific questions regarding long-term follow-up. In addition, it could help to demonstrate the need or effectiveness of interventions and therapies.…”

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Long-term follow-up of patients with spinal cord injury with a new ICF-based tool

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Study design: To develop a computer program that supports the overview of a follow-up care process in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in daily clinical practice. Objectives: To create a new electronic tool based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) that enables information to be registered and visualized, including the use of a net-diagram ('spider') to show a patient's long-term development. This diagram helps the clinician to recognize predispositions over time, as well as making information accessible to the patient, so as to involve him as a participant in defining current and future treatment options. Furthermore, guidelines for the prevention of common diseases, based on the recommendations of internal medicine, rehabilitation medicine and findings in the SCI literature, were implemented to provide enhanced health coaching in the area of preventative care. Methods: In an outpatient setting, four perspectives were assessed: patient, physician, occupational therapist and physiotherapist for a comprehensive bio-psycho-social consideration. All categories were assessed and graphically visualized with the electronic tool, on the basis of the ICF domains: body function, activities/participation and environmental factors. Results: The assessed data were summarized and graphically represented using three spider charts. Conclusion: The tool facilitates the patient counselling and the interdisciplinary work in daily clinical practice. Such a visual report helps to recognize predispositions over time. Furthermore, it helps to explain the clinical and patient-related findings accessible to the patients, to involve them as participants in defining the goals and the treatment plan.

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Long-term follow-up of patients with spinal cord injury with a new ICF-based tool

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“…8,[13][14][15][16] The International Functionality Classification (ICF) remarks the role of environmental factors on a patient's positive relationship with the community. 17,18 Unfortunately only a few classifications include real life community environments like crossing a street, mall walking and so on. 19,20 Our main hypothesis was that an outdoor community environment could have a better performance on gait speed and endurance on ASIA D patients.…”

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Comparison of gait performance on different environmental settings for patients with chronic spinal cord injury

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Study design: Observational cross-section study. Objectives: The objective of our study was to determine if the influence of a community environment would impact on ASIA D spinal cord injured (SCI) gait performance patients. Our main hypothesis is that an outdoor community environment may influence gait speed and endurance on community ambulating patients. Methods: Ten-Meter Walking (10MWT) and Six-Minute Walking (6MWT) tests were performed on community ambulating SCI research participants (n ¼ 18) in two different environmental conditions: (1) Experimental (indoors Gymnasium) and (2) Natural (community setting). Average gait speed and endurance values were obtained for the two different conditions and analyzed for statistical significance on the nonparametric two-tailed Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: While no difference was observed on the 10MWT we found an improvement on gait performance on the 6 MWT on a community setting. Conclusions: Our study showed mixed results on environmental influence on gait speed and endurance on ASIA D patient population. While there is no difference on the 10 MWT, there is an improvement on gait performance on the communitary 6MWT.

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“…35 The ICF Core Sets are responding to this need. 36 To date, ICF Core Sets have been developed for 12 chronic conditions (Table 1) 33,37,38 and others are currently being developed.…”

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Developing core sets for persons with spinal cord injuries based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a way to specify functioning

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Value and application of the ICF in rehabilitation medicine

Abstract: The new language ICF is an exciting landmark event for rehabilitation. It may lead to a stronger position of rehabilitation within the medical community, change multi-professional communication and improve communication between patients and rehabilitation professionals.

Cited by 435 publications

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Long-term follow-up of patients with spinal cord injury with a new ICF-based tool

Long-term follow-up of patients with spinal cord injury with a new ICF-based tool

Comparison of gait performance on different environmental settings for patients with chronic spinal cord injury

Developing core sets for persons with spinal cord injuries based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a way to specify functioning

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