Complementing the ICF model is the definition of disability provided in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which was adopted by the United Nations in 2006 and has of 2014, has been ratified by more than 141 countries. In the CRPD, disability is defined as...
Definition International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health was developed by the World Health Organization. The ICF has addressed many of the criticisms of prior conceptual frameworks, and has been developed in a worldwide comprehensive consensus process over the few last years....
Content Analysis of Definition and Measurement of Disability: Based on ICF and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities QIU Zhuo- ying, LI An-qiao, HUANG Ke, GUO Jian-xun, ZHANG Ai-min, LIU Qiao-yan, LI Qin-yi, CHEN Di 《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and ...
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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to explore the most relevant determinants of severe disability in a heterogeneous sample of patients with neurological conditions. OBJECTIVES: We used data from previous studies on patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), migraine, Parkinson's disease (PD), mult...
A brief definition describes rehabilitation as the health strategy applied by PRM and professionals in the health sector and across other sectors that aims to enable people with health conditions experiencing or likely to experience disability to achieve and maintain optimal functioning in interaction ...
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Intellectual developmental disorders: towards a new name, definition and framework for "mental retardation/intellectual disability" in ICD‐11 Although "intellectual disability" has widely replaced the term "mental retardation", the debate as to whether this entity should be conceptualized as a he......
CONCLUSIONS: The ICF intervention categories identified in this study can help to define core competence of the physical therapy profession. The definition of ICF intervention categories represents a first step towards a standardization of treatment documentation. In this, they meet the demand of health...
Clinicians require a broader definition of SLI that recognizes associated disabilities because it is their goal to impact children's everyday functioning. In this paper, we explore SLI from a broader perspective in which consideration is given to features known to be common across different ...