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<strong>KCE</strong> <strong>report</strong>s 57 Musculoskeletal & Neurological Rehabilitation 31<br />
For <strong>in</strong>formation on the ICF, the website of the WHO c , the website of the International<br />
Classification of Function<strong>in</strong>g, d<strong>is</strong>ability and health d , and the website of ICF Research<br />
Branch, WHO FIC Collaborat<strong>in</strong>g Center (DIMDI), Institute for Health and Rehabilitation<br />
Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilian University <strong>in</strong> Munich e , were consulted. Publications of Prof.<br />
Gerold Stucki, MD, MS, director of the ICF Research Branch of the WHO, were searched<br />
on Pubmed. Op<strong>in</strong>ions about the use of the ICF were collected by expert contacts. Expert<br />
selection was based on references mentioned <strong>in</strong> publications or on references of<br />
contacted experts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> International Classification of Function<strong>in</strong>g, D<strong>is</strong>ability and Health <strong>is</strong> the result of the<br />
rev<strong>is</strong>ion of the ICIDH. ICF <strong>is</strong> endorsed by the World Health Assembly as a member of the<br />
WHO Family of International Classifications <strong>in</strong> 2001. It <strong>is</strong> the generally accepted<br />
framework to describe function<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> rehabilitation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>t use of ICF and the International Classification of D<strong>is</strong>eases ICD-10, needs to be<br />
addressed when apply<strong>in</strong>g the ICF to rehabilitation medic<strong>in</strong>e. WHO considers the ICF and<br />
the ICD-10 to be d<strong>is</strong>t<strong>in</strong>ct but complementary classifications.<br />
ICF <strong>is</strong> structured around the follow<strong>in</strong>g broad components (Figure 3.1):<br />
Figure 3.1: ICF model<br />
Body function &<br />
structure<br />
(Impairment)<br />
ICF 2001<br />
Interaction of Concepts<br />
Health Condition<br />
(d<strong>is</strong>order/d<strong>is</strong>ease)<br />
Environmental<br />
Factors<br />
Activities<br />
(Limitation)<br />
Personal<br />
Factors<br />
Participation<br />
(Restriction)<br />
Function<strong>in</strong>g and d<strong>is</strong>ability are viewed as a complex <strong>in</strong>teraction between the health<br />
condition of the <strong>in</strong>dividual and the contextual factors (environmental an personal). <strong>The</strong><br />
picture produced by th<strong>is</strong> comb<strong>in</strong>ation of factors and dimensions <strong>is</strong> of "the person <strong>in</strong> h<strong>is</strong> or<br />
her world". With<strong>in</strong> ICF these dimensions are considered as <strong>in</strong>teractive and dynamic rather<br />
than l<strong>in</strong>ear or static. It allows an assessment of the degree of d<strong>is</strong>ability, although it <strong>is</strong> not a<br />
measurement <strong>in</strong>strument. It rather def<strong>in</strong>es “what to measure”. ICF can contribute to the<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegration of the results of different outcome measures.<br />
ICF must be compatible <strong>with</strong> these measures. Items of assessment <strong>in</strong>struments used <strong>in</strong><br />
rehabilitation should be l<strong>in</strong>ked to ICF doma<strong>in</strong>s. ICF l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g rules 96 are be<strong>in</strong>g developed to<br />
l<strong>in</strong>k technical and cl<strong>in</strong>ical measures, health-status measures and <strong>in</strong>terventions to ICF. It will<br />
be essential to know how scores from a specific assessment <strong>in</strong>strument can be mapped to<br />
the scores used <strong>in</strong> the ICF. ICF scores represent ‘performance’ <strong>in</strong> real life or ‘capacity’<br />
(<strong>with</strong> or <strong>with</strong>out ass<strong>is</strong>tance), typically <strong>in</strong> a rehabilitation test situation. However, the most<br />
widely used <strong>in</strong>struments <strong>in</strong> acute and sub-acute rehabilitation, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g FIM, measure<br />
c http://www.who.<strong>in</strong>t/classifications/icf/en/<br />
d http://www3.who.<strong>in</strong>t/icf/icftemplate.cfm<br />
e http://www.icf-research-branch.org/aboutus/h<strong>is</strong>tory.htm