title: The use of ICF in the neurorehabilitation process.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rehabilitation is often described as a process that starts when the diagnosis is made and continues as long as the person needs interventions. This process comprises four steps: assessment, goal setting, interventions and outcome measurement. In each step, the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) can be used and the results can be summarized in a rehabilitation plan.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In this brief review, we describe the use of the ICF in the neurorehabilitation process in the form of an ICF based rehabilitation plan and how the rehabilitation plan can facilitate interdisciplinary team work in each of the four steps that comprise the rehabilitation process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An ICF based rehabilitation plan that comprises a common language, understood by team members, patients and their family, is a valuable tool in the rehabilitation of persons with injuries and diseases to the nervous system. The use of the ICF has thereby enabled the development of a common framework for our neurorehabilitation methodology, regardless of diagnosis or disability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lexell
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brogårdh
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Disability and Health; nervous system diseases; Disability evaluation; International Classification of Functioning; outcome and process assessment (health); patient outcome assessment; physical and rehabilitation medicine