PHYS THER
Vol. 89, No. 8, August 2009, pp. 825-827
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080160.ic
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Reuben Escorpizo, Alarcos Cieza and Gerold Stucki

R. Escorpizo, PT, DPT, is Project Leader, ICF Research Branch of WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications at the German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil, Switzerland.
A. Cieza, PhD, is Senior Scientist, Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil, Switzerland, and ICF Research Branch of the WHO CC FIC (DIMDI), IHRS, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, and Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.
G. Stucki, MD, is Director of Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF), Nottwil, Switzerland; Professor and Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University; Director of the ICF Research Branch of the WHO CC FIC (DIMDI), IHRS, Ludwig-Maximilian University and Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland; and Professor and Chair of the Seminar of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. SPF: Guido A Zäch Strasse 4, 6207 Nottwil, Switzerland.

Address all correspondence to Professor Stucki at: gerold.stucki@paranet.ch


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Investigation of falls is essential to sound clinical decision making and health promotion in community-dwelling people with stroke. Pursuing knowledge of the risk factors to predict falls highlights our efforts in addressing the high burden associated with falls. Findings from such investigations could be used in planning falls assessment.1,2 It then becomes imperative to select instruments that reflect the variables that need to be examined. Within this context, Beninato and colleagues3 innovatively used the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)4 as a reference framework. Specifically, they examined the usability of the ICF as a criterion for content validity of measures that were used to evaluate their prediction of falls in individuals with stroke. They were successful in their application and illustrated that the ICF indeed can be useful for content validity assessment and outcomes measurement in stroke.

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Physical Therapy, August 1, 2009; 89(8): 827 - 828.
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