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Functional Assessment of Persons with Motor Limitations: Methods and Tools

Functional Assessment of Persons with Motor Limitations: Methods and Tools
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Author(s): Kaliopi Lappas (National Rehabilitation Center, Greece)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 32
Source title: Disability Informatics and Web Accessibility for Motor Limitations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Georgios Kouroupetroglou (University of Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4442-7.ch002

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Abstract

In this chapter a referral is made to the most known examination methods and tools for evaluating persons with motor limitations. Since there are many methods and tools, standardized or not, describing each of them by the area of evaluation and forming a quick reference guide seem to be helpful. Furthermore referrals are made to some special evaluation forms regarding special conditions, like stoke, which appear to have multiple problems influencing function. Finally, in the last section of this chapter a referral is made to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health scale (ICF), which has been developed the past few years by the World Health Organization (WHO), in an effort to have and apply a universal way of assessing people with disabilities. This scale aims to give to all the health professional and researchers a “common language” when “measuring” disability and function.

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