However, examination of the correlations between body function and structure and activity as well as participation by the use of these new instruments, together with well-known measurements of deformity and function, e.g. AROM, radiographic measurements, grip strength, and Box and Block Test, are new important aspects in the ICF-CY framework to evaluate RLD.
Within the ICF, an individual's functioning is conceptualized as result of the interplay between body functions and structures, activities and participation and contextual factors that include environmental and personal factors (PFs) [ 6].
The link between "body functions and structures" and "health conditions" is stronger than the link between activities and participation, as impairments and symptoms are quasi-equivalent terms in ICF/ICD.
However, it is well established that there is a complex relationship between body functions and activity performance [ 31], in which physical performance such as muscle strength correlates only moderately with activity performance [ 32].
According to this model, functioning that is free from "disability" entails positive interactions between body function (i.e. psychological), body structure (i.e. anatomical), activities (i.e. mobility) and participations (World Health Organization 2001).
It will also teach the patient how to best deal with the pain and provide greater understanding of the relationship between thoughts, emotions, body function and WAD symptoms.
Both functioning and disability represent the result of the interaction between Body Functions, Body Structures and Activities and Participation of an individual with a health condition and the contextual factors of that individual.
(Female public health nurse) The public health nurses reported that some students did not seem to understand the connection between a healthy diet, body function and physical fitness.
Thus demonstrating the quantitative difference between outcome measures referring to body function and body structure and outcome measures referring to activity and participation.
This study's strengths lie in the use of objective and self-report outcome measures by blinded assessors for the comparison of balance and walking between study groups, and in the body function and activity domains of the ICF being captured by the tests.
According to this model, an individual's level of functioning is the outcome of a complex interaction between a health condition, body functions and structures, activities and participation, environmental factors, and personal factors.
