Question

John, an accountant, sustained a spinal cord injury 1 year ago in a car accident. His legs are paralyzed, he has a lack of sensation in his lower extremities, and he uses a manual wheelchair to get around. He has not been employed since his injury. Using the terminology from the International Classification of Function (ICF). John's difficulty dressing his lower limbs would be: An activity limitation a. An impairment b. A participation restriction Ос. A disease process d.

Answer 1

John, accountant sustained a sinal cord injury 1 yr ago in a car accident. His legs are paralyzed, he has a lack of sensation in his lower extremities, and he uses a manual wheelchair to get around. He has not been employed since his injury. Using terminology from the international classification of Function (ICF), John's difficulty dressing his lower limbs would be an activity limitation.

Answer - a. an activity limitation.

John's difficulty dressing his lower limbs categorized as an activity limitation according to ICF (international classification of functioning, disability and health).

John's has a permanent Impairment and he experiencing participation restriction in his life as well as he can't able to complete some task or having difficulties in doing some specific activities, called activity limitation.