ICF-Based Practice Guidelines for Common Musculoskeletal Conditions

James J. Irrgang, Joseph J. Godges

DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2008.0105

This is the first of a series of evidence-based practice guidelines that are being developed using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) as the basis for describing and classifying care provided by physical therapists to patients with a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. The practice guidelines being developed by the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association will focus primarily on the structures related to movement and the neuromusculoskeletal and movement-related functions and sensory functions and pain categories within the ICF. These body structures and body functions will be linked with their associated health conditions from the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2008;38(4):167-168. doi:10.2519/jospt.2008.0105

KEY WORDS: heel pain, ICF, Orthopaedic Section, plantar fasciitis, practice guidelines

This is the first of a series of evidence-based practice guidelines that are being developed using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) as the basis for describing and classifying care provided by physical therapists to patients with a variety of musculoskeletal conditions.

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