Physical Impairment (IP)
~ There is limitations to physical movements, basic motor skills, independent movement, and limitations is simple life functions.
Partial or total paralysis or traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, amputation, and carpal tunnel syndrome are examples of physical impairments.
PI is defined in two conditions. The two conditions are musculoskeletal conditions and neurological conditions.
Musculoskeletal Conditions
~involving the joints, limbs and associated muscles
Neurological Conditions
~involving the central nervous system i.e. brain, spinal cord or peripheral nerves which affect the ability to move or to coordinate the control movement.
As a result of IP, a person may experience cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, osteogenesis imperfecta, congenital malformation of the limbs, some acquired brain injuries, some orthopaedic conditions.
Physical Impairments can result before birth or later in a person's life as a result of an accident.
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