The ICF model of rehabilitation is not only to improve body structure and function but also activity and participation level of the patient....
Do you think that physiotherapists are justifying this model?
Hello, I´ve taught Clinical reasoning, based upon the ICF structure. The idea was to clarify for them the interaction between function, activity and participation and teach them that participation is more important than function. They learned to base a therapyplan on the three pillars of the ICF. I wrote an article about it and would send it to you, but it is in German and I´m not sure if German ist taught in Lahore :-)
Hello! We try every day to address our effort toward a good quality of life. But what parents expect by physiotherapy is usually a better quality of motion, so they ask for physiotherapy thinking that more exercise, more performance. So we try, but is not so easy.
They are supposed to do so.
Ofently it's not so.
In germany the Sozialgesetzbuch 9 is the legal basis.
Physiotherapists need training that shows them the role of ICF in rehabilitation
I agree that we need extra education in ICF-courses, but we need also to explane to patients (and parents) that our goals are not just range o f motion and strenght
Hello, I´ve taught Clinical reasoning, based upon the ICF structure. The idea was to clarify for them the interaction between function, activity and participation and teach them that participation is more important than function. They learned to base a therapyplan on the three pillars of the ICF. I wrote an article about it and would send it to you, but it is in German and I´m not sure if German ist taught in Lahore :-)
Very happy to read your article! I will manage to translate it. My mail is [email protected]
I am currently in my final year of my physio degree and it has been taught to us as a foundation for our clinical practice. All our patient evaluations include an ICF write up and all our clinical reasoning goes hand in hand with the ICF.
I think it's a very good practice and I hope we will do the same soon. Where do you come from?
I’m studying at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town South Africa
Thanks a lot to all on responding to my question enthusiastically..Mr Geert Jeuring definitely wld love to read your artical....my mailing address is [email protected] wld be so thankful if you mail it to me..I wld manage to translate it...
All my best wishes to you all..
Therapists who are aware of ICF and the organizations/hospitals who are supporting ICF are able to incorporate ICF into clinical practice. Focus is more o impairment in developing countries.
Article Treatment and re/habilitation of children with cerebral pals...
Please see the link below to look at the ICF videos for parents
https://canchild.ca/en/the-icf-for-parents-p-icf
There is also a big focus on Fwords. Please see the link below to see more
https://www.canchild.ca/en/research-in-practice/f-words-in-childhood-disability
Yes, we use the ICF to underpin clinical reasoning in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It is a critical framework in both understanding and supporting physiotherapy practice.
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