Functional ability

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Related Terms 5 Scope Note 6 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

activity of daily living, functional status, self care (nonmedical)

See for

ADL, bathing, functional disability, functional recovery, recovery of function

Broader Terms

health

Related Terms

executive function, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, stroke therapy

Scope Note

physical, mental, or social ability to carry on the normal activities of life.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Understanding the link between hand biomechanics and functional ability is critical for the design, assessment, and improvement of rehabilitative strategies to restore hand function.
• Functional ability is probably not only dependent upon muscle strength, but also upon the other sensorimotor parameters (balance, reaction time and flexibility)(Lord SR et al, Arch Phys Med Rehab 1993;74:837).
• OBJECTIVE: To examine the hypothesis that functional ability is related to skin score in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).
• The analyses showed that the proposed measure of functional ability is formed by 3 scales in relation to tiredness (mobility-T, lower limb-T and upper limb-T) and 2 scales in relation to dependency (mobility-H and PADL-H).
• Impaired functional ability is associated not only with diabetes but also with IGT in the elderly, but, in addition to age, cardio- and/or cerebrovascular disease is the best predictor of decreased functional ability in the elderly.

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