Open AccessAssessing the Gap Between Current Movement Ability and Preferred Movement Ability as a Measure of Disability
Author(s) -
Diane D. Allen,
Joanne M. Wagner
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20100393
Subject(s) - psychology , movement (music) , measure (data warehouse) , current (fluid) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , computer science , philosophy , database , aesthetics , electrical engineering , engineering
If disability is the gap between what an individual can do and what that individual would like to be able to do, then measures that assess only current ability fall short of describing the impact of disability on the individual.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom