Title: Functional assessment – PM&R KnowledgeNow
Headings: Functional assessment
Functional assessment
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1. Overview and Description
2. Relevance to Clinical Practice
3. Cutting Edge/unique Concepts/emerging Issues
4. Tables
Table 1. Quality of life and community re-integration assessment tools
Table 2: Palliative Care assessment tools
Table 3: Pediatric assessment tools
Table 4: Pain functional assessments
Table 5: Work Related Injuries Functional Assessment
Table 6: Activities of daily living scales
Table 7: Aerobic/Functional capacity measurements
Table 8: Balance assessment scales
Table 9: Cognitive
Table 10: Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
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Content: They can be self-administered questionnaires or clinician administered. Each type of tool has its advantages and disadvantage, but what it is important is to be knowledgeable in regards to the tool being used, the variables that are intended to be measured and the instruments limitations. Currently and depending on the setting, functional assessments serve as a complementary tool for the management and treatment adjustment in rehabilitation. 2. Relevance to Clinical Practice
The scope of practice in Rehabilitation Medicine is wide and includes an array of conditions such as neurological (stroke, TBI, neurodegenerative), musculoskeletal (joint pain, tendinopathies, ligamentous injuries, balance dysfunction) pain syndromes, medical (deconditioning, cardiopulmonary), rheumatologic (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Connective Tissue Disorders) among others. Commonly used assessments include: Activities of daily living: which measure the performance of basic functional skills needed to care for oneself independently. They measure activities of daily living (eating, grooming, bathing, dressing, continence) mobility (gait, transfers) and cognition. Examples include 5: