Symposium|Verschiedenes
ICF (Internationale Klassifikation der Funktionsfähigkeit, Behinderung und Gesundheit)

Zusammenfassung: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the basis for the conceptualization of the rehabilitation strategy and is of relevance for the curative, preventive and supportive health strategies. The ICF and the ICF-based conceptualization of the rehabilitation strategy are again the basis for the organization of human functioning and rehabilitation research in distinct scientific fields and the development of research capacity with respect to academic training programs, interdisciplinary university centres and national/international collaboration networks. Next to these conceptual developments, there is now a wide range of activities throughout the world of rehabilitation in the development of practice tools and applications of the ICF. First of all, the ICF can serve as reference for the comparison, selection and further development of existing measures of human functioning. The mapping of the world of measures can now rely on established linkage rules. The development of

Zusammenfassung: Limb amputation and other health conditions due to which persons need orthoses results in significant alterations of Body Functions and Body structures. These people also experience a wide range of activity limitations and participation restrictions. Their problems also depend on the environment.

Zusammenfassung: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was approved by the World Health Organization in May 2001 and has been introduced into China for 8 years. To investigate the literature on use of the ICF in China, with regard to type of use, aims and implementation problems.