These are problems believed to occur in the future if no intervention for prevention is applied. The justification for the problems must be based on research evidence or on sound theoretical arguments.

In the ICF these include external environmental factors and internal personal factors.

This is the plan for examination and lists the clinimetrics you decide to use. The examination strategy is directly linked to the identified problems and hypothesised causations.

These are problems that exist when the patient is first seen by the therapist and that require remediation.

Goals represent measurable and meaningful accomplishments in function, mostly in activity & participation level. They are always patient-centred and have to do with outcomes that have value to the patient’s current quality of life or future quality of life.

These are explanations for probable causes for a problem. They must be testable and deal with elements that can be affected by interventions. Multiple hypotheses may be attached to one problem and one hypothesis may be attached to multiple problems.

These are lists of the ICF categories that reflect the aspects of functioning most likely affected in specific health conditions.

In the ICF these are problems in body function or structure.

This is the person who carries out an intervention. For instance, a home exercise programme would be implemented by the patient. Sometimes family members may have a role in implementation of tactics.

These state the overall types of interventions used and their purpose.

These are existing or anticipated problems identified by someone else than the patient (e.g. therapist, family members, caregiver).

These are problems the patient identifies. PIPs are usually existing, but they can also be anticipated. They most often concern activity & participation domains of the ICF classification system.

These are a set of critical measurement values, usually concerning risk factors, used to monitor anticipated problems. They must relate to an observable behaviour (not only increased knowledge or awereness). If met, they indicate that the problem will most likely be avoided because risk factors were reduced or eliminated.

This explains why an anticipated problem (PIP or NPIP) is justified. The rationale must explain as to why impairments or pathologies are believed to lead to activitity restrictions and participation limitations unless an intervention is provided. The rationale can only be based on research evidence or sound theoretical arguments.

This is when the patient is transferred from one health care professional to another.

These are specific elements, including frequency, duration and intensity of an intervention.

These are a set of critical measurement values, usually at impairment level, used to test the correctness of hypotheses.