Associação de instrumentos de avaliação da funcionalidade de joelho com a Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade.

Several limitations are detected in individuals with degeneration of knee joint. These changes are evaluated in parallel, excluding the fact that they should bring results to the same situation: the evaluation of the functionality, described in the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) by the World Health Organization (WHO). Objective: to relate the evaluated items in several instruments and tools of quantification of the functionality with the ICF in their domains and severity qualifiers. Methods: The items of the evaluation tools used were in association with the codes contained in the ICF, as well as the severity levels of the instruments with the ICF qualifiers, according to Farias Neto et al (2016) protocol. The instruments used were: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, sit back and raise Test, Six-Minute Walk Test, Octobalance, Dorsiflexion Test and Radiographic Evaluation. Results: the highest category in these instruments was related to mobility. No instruments were found that related to social aspects and environmental aspects of the ICF. Conclusion: according to the results found, the instruments used did not include all aspects of functionality described by the ICF, mainly items related to mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]