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To describe and rate the consequences of spinal cord injury (SCI), a wide range of measures has been used. Unfortunately, there is a wide variation in currently available measures, including variation in underlying dimensions and terminological confusion as well as difficulty in carrying over data from one episode of care - emergency, medical, rehabilitative, outpatient and community clinical care - to another episode of care involving a different clinical focus. To address this clinical information need, the project aimed to develop ICF Core Sets to comprehensively describe functioning and disability of individuals with SCI.

Biering-Sorensen F, Scheuringer M, Baumberger M, Charlifue SW, Post MW, Montero F, Kostanjsek N, Stucki G. Developing core sets for persons with spinal cord injuries based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a way to specify functioning. Spinal Cord. 2006 Sep;44(9):541-6.

Cieza A, Kirchberger I, Biering-Sørensen F, Baumberger M, Charlifue S, Post MW, Campbell R, Kovindha A, Ring H, Sinnott A, Kostanjsek N, Stucki G. ICF Core Sets for individuals with spinal cord injury in the long-term context. Spinal Cord. 2010; 48(4): 305-312. Abstract.

Kirchberger I, Cieza A, Biering-Sørensen F, Baumberger M, Charlifue S, Post MW, Campbell R, Kovindha A, Ring H, Sinnott A, Kostanjsek N, Stucki G. ICF Core Sets for individuals with spinal cord injury in the early post-acute context. Spinal Cord. 2010; 48(4): 297-304. Abstract.

Portmann Bergamaschi R, Escorpizo R, Staubli S, Finger ME. Content validity of the work rehabilitation questionnaire-self-report version WORQ-SELF in a subgroup of spinal cord injury patients. Spinal Cord. 2014; 52(3): 225-30. Abstract

Rauch A, Fekete C, Cieza A, Geyh S, Meyer T. Participation in physical activity in persons with spinal cord injury: A comprehensive perspective and insights into gender differences. Disabil Health J 2013; 6(3):165-176. Abstract

Rauch A, Hinrichs T, Oberhauser C, Cieza A; SwiSCI study group. Do people with spinal cord injury meet the WHO recommendations on physical activity? Int J Public Health. 2016; 61(1): 17-27. Abstract

To illustrate the use of the ICF in rehabilitation practice, Swiss Paraplegic Research together with Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPZ), one of Europe's leading (acute and rehabilitation) centres for paraplegia, spinal cord injury (SCI) and spinal cord diseases (SCD), conducted a series of 20 ICF-based case studies from 2007-2009. In this project, persons of different age groups and gender and who are living with SCI of varying etiology and levels of severity, were accompanied during their rehabilitation at SPZ. The rehabilitation process was then described using the Rehab-Cycle® and the corresponding ICF-based documentation tools. Each case focused on a speci...

Kirchberger I, Sinnott A, Charlifue S, Kovindha A, Lüthi H, Campbell R, Zwecker M, Scheuringer M, Cieza A.Functioning and disability in spinal cord injury from the consumer perspective: an international qualitative study using focus groups and the ICF. Spinal Cord. 2010; 48(8): 603-613. Abstract.

Scheuringer M, Kirchberger I, Boldt C, Eriks-Hoogland I, Rauch A, Velstra IM, Cieza A. Identification of problems in individuals with spinal cord injury from the health professional perspective using the ICF: a worldwide expert survey. Spinal Cord. 2010; 48(7): 529-536. Abstract.

Herrmann KH, Kirchberger I, Stucki G and Cieza A. The comprehensive ICF core sets for spinal cord injury from the perspective of occupational therapists: a worldwide validation study using the Delphi technique. Spinal Cord. 2011; 49(5): 600-613. Abstract

Herrmann KH, Kirchberger I, Stucki G and Cieza A. The Comprehensive ICF core sets for spinal cord injury from the perspective of physical therapists: a worldwide validation study using the Delphi technique. Spinal Cord. 2011; 49(4): 502-514. Abstract.

Ballert C, Oberhauser C, Biering-Sørensen F, Stucki G, Cieza A. Explanatory power does not equal clinical importance: study of the use of the Brief ICF Core Sets for Spinal Cord Injury with a purely statistical approach. Spinal Cord 2012; 50(10):734-739. Abstract

Gerold Stucki Director and Steering Committee, ICF Research Branch

To facilitate the application of the ICF in the daily practice of active rehabilitation specialists throughout Poland, the Foundation Active Rehabilitation (FAR), a non-profit, EU-recognized Polish organization assisting the reintegration of persons after spinal cord injury (SCI), invited the ICF Research Branch to hold a comprehensive ICF workshop in Warsaw (Zegrze), Poland from 21-23 March 2012. The ICF workshop was also endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), Europe office. An essential aspect of the FAR philosophy is the role model principle. The majority of the active rehabilitation specialists who provide the reintegration services are them...

To facilitate the use of the ICF in clinical practice, it is essential to have ICF-based tools that could be integrated into the existing processes. The publication Rauch et al. 2008 "How to apply the ICF for rehabilitation management in clinical practice (click here for abstract) introduced 4 ICF-based tools that were developed for the rehabilitation setting, specifically to accompany the Rehab-Cycle® approach – ICF Assessment Sheet, ICF Categorical Profile, ICF Intervention Table, and the ICF Evaluation Display. The Rehab-Cycle® can facilitate the structuring, organization and documentation of the rehabilitation process, as well as help professionals in...

Rauch A, Escorpizo R, Riddle D, Eriks E, Stucki G, Cieza A. Using a Case Report of a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury to Illustrate the Application of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) During Multidisciplinary Patient Management. Physical Therapy. 2010; 90(7): 1039-1052. Abstract.

An illustration using the ICF in rehab practice To illustrate the use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in rehabilitation practice, Swiss Paraplegic Research initiated the project "Case studies" in 2007. Using ICF tools within the framework of the "Rehab-Cycle", real-life persons with spinal cord injury and their respective health care situations were described . The results are presented on the website www.icf-casestudies.org/. The PDF of the Introduction and the individual case studies can be downloaded here: Download PDF To get more information about the ICF Tools, please contact the ICF Research Branch.

Herrmann KH, Kirchberger I, Biering-Sorensen F and Cieza A. Differences in functioning of individuals with tetraplegia and paraplegia according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Spinal Cord 2011; 49(4):534-543. Abstract

Glässel A, Rauch A, Selb M, Emmenegger K, Lückenkemper M, Escorpizo R. A case study on the application of the International Classificaiton of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based tools for vocational rehabilitation in spinal cord injury. Work. 2012; 41(4): 465-474. Abstract