oster presentation at the 2nd International Symposium: ICF Education. 30 June 2017 (Cape Town). THEME: ICF-related data: the new frontier of individualised, predictive healthcare http://www.icfeducation.org

1. Background
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is
a widely used tool, based on that conceptual framework, conceptualising
functioning as a ‘dynamic interaction between a person’s health condition,
environmental factors and personal factors’, with a common language
between all professionals.1
Physiotherapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life,
functioning and movement potential, an essential element of health and
wellbeing, being central to determining strategies for diagnosis and
intervention.
FUNCTIONING AND MOVEMENT
THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST IDENTITY
Methods
Results
 We searched the following electronic databases: SciELO/BIREME with no
restrictions on language or date of publication.
 Review on PT diagnosis was made under the recommendations of the
WCPT and APTA on an integrative knowledge of the movement system
and its component as well as the social determinants of health proposed
by the WHO.
Conclusions
 Physical therapists provide a unique perspective on purposeful,
precise, and efficient movement across the lifespan based upon the
synthesis of their distinctive knowledge of the movement system
and expertise in mobility and locomotion.
 Lack of attention on an individual’s ability to engage with and
respond to his or her environment using movement-related
interventions may produce some weakness in the process of clinical
reasoning based on functioning.
Mauro Antônio Félix1, Anabela Correia Martins2
1 Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, Physiotherapy Undergraduate Course,
São Leopoldo, BRAZIL
2 IPC ESTeSC Coimbra Health School, Physiotherapy Department, Coimbra, Portugal
References
(1) World Health Organization. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and
Health (ICF). Geneva, Switzerland, 2001.
(2) BUSS, Paulo Marchiori; PELEGRINI FILHO, Alberto. A Saúde e seus Determinantes Sociais.
PHYSIS: Rev. Saúde Coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, 17(1):77-93, 2007.
(3) LESMES, Javier Daza. Evaluación Clínico-Funcional Del Movimiento Corporal Humano. Ed.
Médica Panamericana, 2007.
 PT diagnosis includes, mainly, impairments of body function and
body structure.
 Activity limitations and participation restrictions were scarce.
 There were no evidences of contextual factors considered by PT.
Contact details
Mauro Antônio Félix
e-mail: mauoaf@uisinos.br
Funding acknowledgements: This work was unfunded.
Ethics approval: All research procedures were conducted under the
Declaration of Helsinki.
Acknowledgments
The PT diagnosis as an element of the patient/client management
process which must be consistent with ICF language and current
terminology in the diverse areas is not a reality.
It is a label encompassing a cluster of signs and symptoms commonly
associated with a disorder or impairments in body structures and function.
However, it is recommended to associate activity limitations, participation
restrictions and environmental categories. This study contributes to
that discussion.
Implications
SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM:
ICF EDUCATION
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 30 JUNE 2017
Purpose
To discuss a reasoning process that results in the diagnosis in Physical
Therapy (PT) that culminates in the identification of existing or potential
disabilities, limitation of activities, restrictions on participation,
environmental influences on abilities/disabilities" and its importance to
achieve the most appropriate intervention for the person.
FUNCTIONALITY