Commentary: the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: invaluable framework, questionable research tool.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.dring@partners.org
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification*; D001860:Bone Plates; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D057072:Intra-Articular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014944:World Health Organization