International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH)

Adapted from World Health Organization (WHO)

Dimensions of disease HANDICAP (FUNCTIONAL, ROLE-RELATED)

DISABILITY (FUNCTIONAL, SUBJECTIVE)

IMPAIRMENT (PATHOKINESIOLOGY)

TISSUE RESPONSE TO INSULT / STIMULUS (PATHOPHYSIOLOGY)

INSULT / STIMULUS

  • traumatic
  • metastatic
  • vascular
  • metabolic
  • degenerative
  • infectious

icidh model

Compare to the NCMRR model of disease and disablement

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