Disability Research from the Perspective of Rehabilitation Medicine; Using ICF as a Multi-Scientific Model and a Basic Structure

While historically, death and disease were the outcomes of interest to physicians, increasing importance is now also given to disability and quality of life as well as well-being. Disability, in particular, has received a great deal of attention as an important health outcome and social policy. The World Health Organization (WHO), in its International Classification of Function (ICF) [1] describes human functioning and disability both as an experience in relation to the health conditions and impairments, and as a result of interaction with the environment. The global diffusion of the ICF has also been noted in a study conducted by Wiegand et al. [2].

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