impairment

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Impairment refers to a condition where a part of the body or mind is damaged and does not function well. This can affect various bodily activities, leading to a loss of function. For instance, individuals may experience hearing impairments or sight impairments.123

Physical medicine and rehabilitation is a medical specialty focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing physical impairments, particularly those related to muscles, nerves, bones, or the brain. The goal is to help individuals with disabilities caused by pain or ailments affecting motor functions to lead comfortable and productive lives. Treatments often involve heat, massage, exercise, electrical currents, and functional training, sometimes supplemented by psychological counseling and occupational therapy.4

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…be lumped under the term impairment, mentioned originally as one of the major forms of human inadequacy. While transient impairment and personalistic fatigue generally have not been distinguished from each other by many psychologists, in numerous studies impairment, rather than the feeling of fatigue, has been the point of interest.
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…be lumped under the term impairment, mentioned originally as one of the major forms of human inadequacy. While transient impairment and personalistic fatigue generally have not been distinguished from each other by many psychologists, in numerous studies impairment, rather than the feeling of fatigue, has been the point of interest.
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