RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The OMERACT-ICF Reference Group: Integrating the ICF into the OMERACT Process: Opportunities and Challenges
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 2057
OP 2060
DO 10.3899/jrheum.090357
VO 36
IS 9
A1 ANNELIES BOONEN
A1 GEROLD STUCKI
A1 WALTER MAKSYMOWYCH
A1 ANNE CHRISTINE RAT
A1 RUBEN ESCORPIZO
A1 MAARTEN BOERS
A1 the OMERACT-ICF Reference Group
YR 2009
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/36/9/2057.abstract
AB At OMERACT 8 in May 2006 in Malta, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was introduced as a universal model and a universal classification to describe human functioning. The potential usefulness of the ICF for the OMERACT process was highlighted and reported in a position paper following the OMERACT 8 meeting. Since then representatives of several OMERACT working groups with an interest in the ICF joined an OMERACT-ICF reference group. Most members had experience with the ICF and worked further to integrate the ICF into OMERACT. We describe the main roles of the ICF in the OMERACT process and the challenges when practice confronts theory.