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The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has endorsed the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a framework to be
integrated into physical therapist practice. The ICF is a universal and inclusive
platform for the understanding of health and disability and a comprehensive
classification system for describing functioning. The APTA's Guide to Physical
Therapist Practice was designed to guide patient management, given the different
settings and health conditions that physical therapists encounter in their daily
clinical practice. However, physical therapists may be unclear as to how to
concretely apply the ICF in their clinical practice and to translate the
application in a way that is meaningful to them and to their patients. This
perspective article proposes ways to integrate the ICF and the Guide to Physical
Therapist Practice to facilitate clinical documentation by physical therapists.

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