The ICF is a world health organization model for health that focuses on functionality and disability rather than disease. The author of this article, Nikki Munk, makes a compelling argument for the massage therapy industry to move toward a ICF model in practice, research, and education. The conventional model of health is the disease model. Health = free of disease/disorder. In the ICF model, health is determined from level of functionality. Figure 1 is a visual image of the model.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 03:09:08 +0000
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