OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to demonstrate the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to measure the effect of physiotherapy treatment. DESIGN A prospective cohort study with an additional case report. PATIENTS Individuals were eligible for the study if they were patients at the University Hospital of Zurich and had received physiotherape...

Aim. The first aim of this study was to verify the applicability of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) core set for osteoarthritis (OA) as an outcome tool after the total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), in order to follow the changes of the profile of functioning after joint arthroplasty. Methods. Seventy-two OA inpatients were ...

OBJECTIVE To identify candidate categories for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Sets for the reporting and measurement of functioning in patients in early post-acute rehabilitation facilities. DESIGN Prospective multi-centre cohort study. PATIENTS Patients receiving rehabilitation interventions for musculoskeletal, neurological or cardiopulmonary...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of concepts of capacity and performance when assessing functioning of stroke survivors, measured with the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). METHODS During an inpatient interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme for 62 subacute stroke survivors, limitations in speaking, walkin...

INTRODUCTION The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2001 to obtain a comprehensive perspective of health and functioning of individuals and groups. Health disparities exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and there is a need to understand the health experiences of Indigenous communitie...

Pless, " Exploring changes over time in habilitation professionals' perceptions and applications of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, version for children and youth (ICF-CY) " study points to the need for ICF­CY­based assessment and intervention methods focusing on child participation. INTRODUCTION The lack of a common language of child functioning and disa...

The model provided by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is used to describe, classify measure function in both health care practice research. ICF for Children Youth (ICF-CY) has not been applied rehabilitation patients with visual impairment. purpose this case report describe process evaluation treatment low vision based on ICF-CY models. patient was a...

BACKGROUND Intervention studies describe outcomes as meas-uring specific domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). However, the same measure may be described by different authors as assessing different domains, resulting in considerable confusion and inconsistent reporting of outcomes. OBJECTIVE To systematically link the scored items from the Me...

Telomeres and adjacent subtelomeric regions are packaged as heterochromatin in many organisms. The heterochromatic features include DNA methylation, histones H3-Lys9 (Lysine 9) and H4-Lys20 (Lysine 20) methylation and heterochromatin protein1 alpha binding. Subtelomeric DNA is hypomethylated in human sperm and ova, and these regions are subjected to de novo methylation during development. In mi...

BACKGROUND The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is now the dominant model for exploring the social consequences of a health condition. This paper investigates the association of the different ICF disability domains with mortality. METHODS Data are from the British Women Heart and Health Study, a large (n=4157) prospectively studied cohort of women r...