Topic 2 Glossary Terms

Question 1

Biomedical Model

Answer 1

Model where disease and illness were primarily attributed to pathogens, genetic or developmental abnormalities or injury. This model previously dominated medicine and physiotherapy practice

Question 2

Biopsychosocial Perspective

Answer 2

Recognises that disability is the result of the cumulative effects of the biological health condition and contextual factors including individual personal influences (incorporating psychological) and environmental influences (physical and social).

Question 3

Body Functions

Answer 3

Physiological functions of body systems.

Question 4

Body Structures

Answer 4

Anatomical parts of the body Capabilities - What a person can do either without difficulty or with modification

Question 5

Disability

Answer 5

Any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or interact with the world around them

Question 6

Environmental Factors

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Encompass the physical environment a person lives, works and exercises or trains in, and the social environment.

Question 7

Health

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a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 8

Health Conditions

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Are the problems for which people seek medical and allied health professionals’ assessment, opinion and management. Health conditions manifest as symptoms (such as pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, etc) and altered function (such as altered ability to walk) that can be influenced by each of the three key factors in the ICF framework – biological, personal, environmental

Question 9

Impairment

Answer 9

Problem in a body function or structure

Question 10

Participation

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Refers to being involved in something that is meaningful to a person in their life.

Question 11

Participation Restriction

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Identifies when a person cannot be involved in something meaningful to them because of a health condition.

Question 12

Psychological Influences

Answer 12

fall within the ‘Personal’ contextual factors. Include individual level cognitive processes such as coping style, attitudes, beliefs and self-efficacy that can influence a person’s behaviour in relation to their health

Question 13

Social Influences

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Are processes of a society in which a person is born, raised, live and work that affect the person’s access to resources for good health (social determinants), and the influences of cultural groups on a person’s beliefs and values about health.

Question 14

Capabilities

Answer 14

What a person can do either without difficulty or with modification