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Functional Capacity Testing
Functional Capacity Evaluation
(FCE) is a comprehensive, objective testing of a person's abilities. It is
performed by an experienced, professional, orthopedically trained Occupational
or Physical Therapist. The testing can be performed in the clinical
setting or onsite in the business and industrial setting.
The FCE
can be used to:
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Determine
a participant’s ability to perform specific job tasks.
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Measure the maximum objective strength of an
individual.
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Determine a worker's tolerance levels to specific
activities.
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Establish activity levels through clinically
objective observations.
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Offer safety procedures that prevent injuries
during testing and return to work.
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Explain functional deficiencies in terms of
physical causes.
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Determine fitness levels.
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Emphasize return to work physical abilities
explained in clear, objective language.
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Describe those tasks that a worker could perform
in an eight, ten or twelve hour day.
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Identify the difference between sub maximum and
maximum efforts to rate cooperation and consistency of an individual or
employee.
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Test specific job tasks through simulation.
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Assist with vocational options if not returning to
previous job.
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Determine
functional abilities as they relate to general activities of daily living.
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Determine
functional abilities as they relate to job duties (General or Specific).
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A
person's recovery level and allows for detailed information in referral to
other necessary and appropriate medical interventions.
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Functional
abilities and measurements for determination of impairment leading to a
disability rating. We use the American Medical Association's: Guides
to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
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Identify
the need
for and the level of job modification necessary.
The FCE includes:
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Full body musculoskeletal assessment, blood
pressure, and heart rate monitoring.
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Evaluation of physical work demands.
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Twenty-nine (29)
critical job tasks from Workers' Compensation forms, Disability forms
and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
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A safe testing environment as the participant
understands and adheres to physiologically safe lifting/moving techniques.
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Subjective pain analysis.
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A
comprehensive report with detailed observations, photographs, findings, and
recommendations.
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