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MSFC was developed to improve the standard measure of MS disability for clinical trials and to create a multidimensional metric of overall MS clinical status. The evaluation includes a three-part performance scale: Timed 25-Foot Walk (T25FT) - assessment of leg function by moving a short walking distance
3.5: Fully ambulatory but with moderate disability in 1 FS and mild disability in 1 or 2 FS; or moderate disability in 2 FS; or mild disability in 5 FS; 4.0: Fully ambulatory without aid, up and about 12hrs a day despite relatively severe disability. Able to walk without aid 500 meters
T44 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics, applying to "Single below knee amputation or an athlete who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs." It includes ISOD A4 and A9 classes.
Para-swimming classification is a function-based classification system designed to allow for fair competition in disability swimming. The classes are prefixed with "S" for freestyle, butterfly and backstroke events, "SB" for breaststroke and "SM" for individual medley events.
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Disability sports classification is a system that allows for fair competition between people with different types of disabilities.. Historically, the process has been overseen by 2 groups: specific disability type sport organizations that cover multiple sports, and specific sport organizations that cover multiple disability types including amputations, cerebral palsy, deafness, intellectual ...
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Another term that is coined to define mobility disabilities based on performance is "performance based mobility disability". [10] It is the inability to increase your walking speed more than 0.4 m/s. [11] An individual who is unable to walk at >0.4 m/s is considered severely disabled and would require a mobility device to walk in community.