Impairment rating

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An impairment rating is a number expressed as a percentage that is intended to represent the degree of an individual's impairment, which is a deviation away from one's normal health status and functionality.[1] Impairment is distinct from disability. An individual's impairment rating is based on the restrictive impact of an impairment, whereas disability is a broader term that describes the consequences one's impairment.[2] Impairment ratings given to an individual by different medical examiners are sometimes problematically inconsistent with each other.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Cocchiarella, Linda (2001). Master the AMA Guides Fifth: A Medical and Legal Transition to Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition. Chicago, Ill: AMA Press. ISBN 978-1579471040. 
  2. ↑ van Oosterom, FJ; Ettema AM, Mulder PG, et al. (January 2007). "Impairment and disability after severe hand injuries with multiple phalangeal fractures.". J Hand Surg Am. 1 32: 91–5. 
  3. ↑ Mayer, RS; Chen IH, Lavender SA, et al. (1 July 1995). "Variance in the measurement of sagittal lumbar spine range of motion among examiners, subjects, and instruments.". Spine. 13 20: 1489–93. 


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