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Enabling America Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (1997) / Chapter Skim
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C Taxonomy
Pages 378-381

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... joint mobility (including hyper and hypomobility and methods 1For a description and discussion of the original WHO taxonomy see: International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps: a Manual of Classification Relating to the Consequences of Disease. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1980; see also: Pope AM, Tarlov AR (eds)
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From page 379...
... cardiac function 2. peripheral vascular function (includes autonomic)
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From page 380...
... FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS [DISABILITIES in ICIDH] restriction or lack of ability, resulting primarily or secondarily from an impairment, to perform activities that are generally accepted as essential components of everyday life; disturbance of function at the level of the person.
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From page 381...
... physical independence ability to meet personal needs in an unmodified environment without use of special aids or assistance from others 2. social integration ability to establish and maintain social relationships customary for his/her age, sex, and culture 3.
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Key Terms

  • essential components
  • recreational activities
  • therapeutic goals
  • social relationships
  • permitting objective

  • including hyper
  • muscle performance
  • wound healing
  • therapeutic outcomes
  • defined therapeutic

  • standing stability
  • includes root
  • position sense
  • sometimes incorrectly
  • outcomes sought

  • environmental tolerance
  • including stairs
  • unmodified environment
  • objective evaluation
  • physical rehabilitation

  • metabolic costs
  • body schema
  • treatment planning
  • everyday life
  • tissue breakdown

  • temperature variations
  • body image
  • tolerate temperature
  • vascular function
  • rough terrain


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