Functional Limitation
Dimension 425 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Functional Limitation measures difficulty carrying out physical movement, self-care, and usual daily activities. It encompasses mobility problems, reduced independence in routine tasks, and need for assistance with everyday functioning.
evidence final name · Function Mobility
Minimal Functional Limitation
Expressions activating this band describe intact or only lightly challenged everyday functioning, with abilities framed as available, manageable, or queried in general terms rather than clearly impaired. The expression may mention physical tasks, transportation, or routine activities without indicating sustained restriction.
Moderate Functional Limitation
Expressions activating this band describe noticeable difficulty with mobility and usual activities, such as needing help, reduced endurance, trouble walking, or inconsistent participation in physical activity. Functioning is present but constrained in ways that interfere with routine tasks.
Severe Functional Limitation
Expressions activating this band describe substantial impairment in independent daily functioning, including trouble performing regular activities, problems with transport, and inability to manage self-care tasks such as washing or dressing. Everyday life is experienced as requiring assistance or as not fully manageable alone.
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Lower Function Mobility: Expressions show no meaningful function mobility content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to function mobility.
Moderate Function Mobility: Function mobility is experienced here as physiological and somatic distress, reflecting embodied arousal and clinical-grade symptom intensity. This is the first band where function mobility becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect physiological and embodied function mobility.
Higher Function Mobility: Function mobility is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where function mobility was characterized by the somatic and physiological form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse function mobility.