8.9 ICF Model

Question 1

What does the ICF framework stand for?

Answer 1

International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

Question 2

What is the purpose of the ICF model?

Answer 2

To examine how a health condition impacts an individual’s body functions, activities, and participation.

Question 3

What are the three main components of the ICF framework?

Answer 3

Body functions and structures, activities, and participation.

Question 4

What other factors influence functioning in the ICF model?

Answer 4

Environmental and personal (contextual) factors.

Question 5

What types of impairments are considered under the ICF framework?

Answer 5

Sensory, motor, and cognitive impairments that can limit activity and participation.

Question 6

What are examples of body functions in the ICF model?

Answer 6

Physiological functions like sensation, balance, postural control, vision, and cognition.

Question 7

What are examples of body structures?

Answer 7

Anatomical parts such as organs, limbs, eyes, ears, and muscles.

Question 8

How is an “impairment” defined in the ICF model?

Answer 8

A problem in body function or structure, such as weakness, numbness, paralysis, anxiety, or vision loss.

Question 9

What is an “activity” in the ICF framework?

Answer 9

The execution of a task by an individual, such as walking, reaching, or grasping.

Question 10

What is an “activity limitation”?

Answer 10

Difficulty performing an activity, such as needing a cane to walk or having trouble grasping objects.

Question 11

What is “participation” in the ICF model?

Answer 11

Involvement in life situations such as employment, education, or social and recreational activities.

Question 12

What is a “participation restriction”?

Answer 12

Problems or barriers to life participation, such as social stigma, fear, or others’ reactions.

Question 13

What are “contextual factors” in the ICF model?

Answer 13

Environmental and personal factors that influence performance and participation.

Question 14

Give examples of personal factors affecting movement.

Answer 14

Injury history, pain, fatigue, flexibility, sensorimotor function, or visual-perceptual skills.

Question 15

Give examples of environmental factors affecting movement.

Answer 15

Base of support, surface type, footwear, obstacles, stairs, or ramps.

Question 16

How does mobility fit into the ICF framework?

Answer 16

It is one of the nine domains within activity and participation, including walking and moving.

Question 17

What does the mobility domain include?

Answer 17

Changing body position, carrying, moving objects, walking, and navigating environments.

Question 18

What are examples of contextual factors that affect mobility?

Answer 18

Terrain type, environmental barriers, age, sex, and self-efficacy.

Question 19

What makes adapting gait an important part of functional mobility?

Answer 19

It allows adjustment to changes in task and environmental demands during movement.

Question 20

How is gait pattern categorized in the ICF?

Answer 20

As a body function within the body function and structure component.

Question 21

How does upper extremity function fit into the ICF framework?

Answer 21

It falls under “carrying, moving, and handling objects” within activity and participation.

Question 22

What are examples of upper extremity functions in the ICF?

Answer 22

Reaching, grasping, manipulating, and visually guided hand movements.

Question 23

What environmental factors can affect upper extremity function?

Answer 23

The characteristics of objects being lifted, carried, or manipulated.

Question 24

What are the four underlying principles of the ICF model?

Answer 24

Universality, parity, neutrality, and the inclusion of both positive and negative aspects of functioning.