functional limitation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandlimitation
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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limitation
noun
uk/ˌlɪm.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌlɪm.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of controlling and especially ...
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(Definition offunctionalandlimitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffunctional limitation
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In their model of the disablement process, they distinguishfunctionallimitationand disability.
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They do not give any information about the underlyingfunctionallimitationor impairment.
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A 'disability' accordingly is afunctionallimitationthat results from disease or impairment.
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The test concentrates on afunctionallimitation.
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Whilefunctionallimitationrefers to personal capabilities, disability refers to actual behaviour, evaluated relative to environmental demands.
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In other words, the assessment offunctionallimitationas such is not seen as relevant, given the comparisons which this benefit structure seeks to make.
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Functionallimitation, as the writers on disablement in the book tease out interestingly, is dependent on much more than pathological change in the joint.
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An adjudication officer will weigh all the available evidence in reaching a decision on the claimant's level offunctionallimitation.
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However, only prospective studies can accomplish this assessment, because these subjective data (level of pain orfunctionallimitation) are not available on the medical record in a standardized manner.
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High educational attainment results in a decreased incidence offunctionallimitationfor those originating in a state of independence, but has little influence on those originating as functionally limited.
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Hence, if workers and their employers define afunctionallimitationas part of a ' natural' or 'normal ' ageing process rather than a disability, they may not benefit from anti-discrimination legislation.
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We believe strongly that other factors, and not justfunctionallimitation, must be taken into account when using the medical test.
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The adjudication officer will then weigh all the available evidence and reach a view of the claimant's level offunctionallimitation.
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The person unable to pronounce words clearly would suffer additional stress, anxiety, frustration, and emotional upset from hisfunctionallimitation.
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Benefits would have varied by severity offunctionallimitation, with the average being at least $50 per day.
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So new clause 3 is intended to bring a report forward on the medical test, because we believe that the test offunctionallimitationis inadequate, unfair and unworkable.
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The thresholds in each category offunctionallimitationand the combinations of those limitations will be set at the point at which a person's capacity for work is substantially reduced.
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Thisfunctionallimitationnecessitates the cell to devise signal transduction mechanisms to transduce first into second messengers, so that the extracellular signal may be propagated intracellularly.
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