La equivalencia de los test de valoración con la Clasificación Internacional de la Funcionalidad, Discapacidad y la Salud

It shows to be a useful tool for the establishment of physical therapy diagnosis as long as it foments the use of validated tests, for the communication among physiotherapists themselves, and in relation to other health professionals, and subsequent adaptation to the ICF terminology. The latter is important for communication among physical therapists with relation to other health profesionals, and for the realization of researches, which can be index-linked in the data base of scientific evidence. Considering the number of proposals found in the literature, such as the adaptation of the Barthel Index tothe CIF, the present article shows a practicle example of the basic items of the above mentioned clasification for evaluation an d treatment of patients with injury of the Central Nervous System. In the same manner some evaluation tests, used in such patients, are demostrated, as well as the possibility of comparing them with the International Clasification of Functioning, Disability and Health.