The comprehensive 360° model of research: its foundations and exemplary application in spinal cord injury.

WHAT IT FOUND

This paper proposes a theoretical framework for health research, arguing that 'functioning' should be the central concept rather than specific diseases.

It uses the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort as an example of this approach but reports no new clinical evidence or patient outcomes.

What this paper is

This is a theoretical paper proposing a '360° Model' for health research based on the ICF framework. It uses the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study as an example to illustrate the model's structure, but it reports no new clinical trial results, patient outcomes, or intervention efficacy data. There are no findings here to change your clinical practice.

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