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Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine
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Handy companion to common topics in Rehabilitation Medicine, including stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, lower limb amputation, spasticity, cardiopulmonary and geriatrics rehabilitationAlso included are chapters on Management of Medical
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Functional Assessment in Rehabilitation Medicine
CHAN Wai Lim William
Introduction
Rehabilitation medicine is the specialty focusing on the optimisation of functions lost in diseases and injuries.
Functional assessment is an extension of the conventional medical history taking and physical examination. It goes beyond the identification of the foci and the extent of the disease, disorder or injury of the patient, and includes all levels of disability specific to the patient.
The term “disability” as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) encompasses all levels of functional losses, which are systematically catalogued in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). ICF offers an international, scientific tool shifting from a purely medical model to a bio-psycho-social model of human functioning and disability. The three domains of functioning are defined as:
1.Impairments: any loss or abnormality of body structure or of physiological or psychological function
2.Activity Limitations: the nature and extent of functioning at the level of the person
3.Participation Restrictions: the nature and extent of a person’s involvement in life situations in relationship to impairments, activities, health conditions, and contextual factors
Source: ICF Website: http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/
Health Condition
Fig. 1. The ICF Model of Disability.
Rehabilitation medicine functional assessment
Apart from the assessment of the primary impairments caused by the disease or injury, the functional assessment must explore potential secondary impairments in other systems.
For example, for a patient with a pure motor stroke, apart from thorough assessment of the motor impairments, symptoms and signs of common secondary impairments such as shoulder pain and subluxation, venous thrombo-embolism and spasticity must be explored and documented. Furthermore, symptoms and signs of activity limitations and participation restrictions such as ability to perform self-care activities and use of public transport must also be evaluated.
Table 1. The essential elements of the Rehabilitation Medical Functional Assessment.
| Component | Examples |
| History taking | |
| History of present illness | Location, onset, quality, severit... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Contents
- 1 Functional Assessment in Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2 Deconditioning and Immobility in Hospitalised Patients
- 3 Stroke Rehabilitation
- 4 Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- 6 Geriatric Rehabilitation
- 7 Lower Limb Amputee Rehabilitation: Basic Grounding
- 8 Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
- 9 Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain
- 10 Rehabilitation Approach to Common Cancer-related Problems
- 11 Adult Joint Reconstruction Rehabilitation
- 12 Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit
- 13 Pain issues in the Rehabilitation Patient Population—a Systems Approach
- 14 Practical Approach to Spasticity
- 15 Medical Emergencies and Complications in Rehabilitation
- 16 Walking Aids and Lower Limb Orthotics
- 17 Upper Limb Assistive Devices and Wheelchair Prescription
- 18 Rehabilitation Technology
- 19 Acupuncture in Rehabilitation
- Acknowledgements