Escorpizo Reuben, Bemis-Dougherty Anita
Department of Physical Therapy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
ICF Research Branch in Cooperation with the WHO FIC CC in Germany (DIMDI), Nottwil, Switzerland.
Physiother Res Int. 2015 Dec;20(4):200-9. doi: 10.1002/pri.1578. Epub 2013 Dec 13.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) of the World Health Organization was developed as a common framework to understand health and to describe the impact of health condition on functioning. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the literature on the use of the ICF in physical therapy practice and research.
We performed a scoping-narrative review and searched for relevant English language articles from 2001 to 2012 in multiple databases that included MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed and Physiotherapy Evidence Database. Our keywords for the search consisted of ['physical therapy' OR 'physiotherapy'] AND ['ICF']. All types of articles were considered.
We found 268 articles; out of which, 79 were reviewed. The years with most publications were 2011 (n = 16), 2008 (n = 15) and 2010 and 2012 (both with n = 13). Publications mostly came from the United States with 27% of the articles. The journal Physical Therapy leads with almost a third of ICF-related physical therapy publications. The ICF has been mostly used in studies of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions. We found a wide array of application of the ICF in research, clinical practice and teaching (classroom and clinical education). Emerging topics included using the ICF in resource allocation and prevention and wellness.
The use of the ICF in physical therapy practice and research is promising and continues to evolve. With recent developments in ICF-based measurement and integration in assessment tools for use in the clinics, research and teaching, the need to show the added value of using the ICF in practice and research remains.
世界卫生组织的《国际功能、残疾和健康分类》（ICF）是作为一个理解健康以及描述健康状况对功能影响的通用框架而制定的。本文旨在总结关于ICF在物理治疗实践与研究中应用的文献。
我们进行了一项范围叙述性综述，并在多个数据库（包括MEDLINE、PsycINFO、PubMed和物理治疗证据数据库）中搜索了2001年至2012年的相关英文文章。我们的搜索关键词由“物理治疗”或“理疗”以及“ICF”组成。所有类型的文章都被纳入考虑。
我们找到了268篇文章，其中79篇被纳入综述。发表文章最多的年份是2011年（n = 16）、2008年（n = 15）以及2010年和2012年（均为n = 13）。文章大多来自美国，占比27%。《物理治疗》杂志发表的与ICF相关的物理治疗文章几乎占三分之一。ICF主要用于肌肉骨骼和神经肌肉疾病的研究。我们发现ICF在研究、临床实践和教学（课堂教学和临床教育）中有广泛的应用。新兴主题包括在资源分配以及预防与健康方面使用ICF。
ICF在物理治疗实践与研究中的应用前景广阔且不断发展。随着基于ICF的测量方法以及在临床、研究和教学中使用的评估工具整合方面的最新进展，在实践和研究中展示使用ICF的附加价值的需求依然存在。
