Functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) for personal injury claimants are rigorously
scrutinized by the stakeholders because of their financial implications. This study examined …

Purpose To gain insight into which job-specific health requirements relate to work ability, the
following two research questions were formulated: Which job-specific health requirements …

Health professionals’ attitudes and practices in relation to Functional Capacity Evaluations
Page 1 Work 29 (2007) 81–87 81 IOS Press Health professionals’ attitudes and practices in …

Due to the unpredictable, varied and often physical nature of law enforcement duties, police
officers are at a high risk of work-related physical injury. The aim of this critical narrative …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of pre-accession physical fitness, as measured by
a five-minute step test, with incidence of overuse injuries and outpatient healthcare …

Although a risk of occupational musculoskeletal diseases has been identified with age-
related strength degradation, strength measures from working group are somewhat sparse …

This review explores the prevalence and determinants of musculoskeletal disorders in
ambulance officers, and the limitations of the current epidemiological evidence to inform the …

Bond University Research Repository Musculoskeletal fitness as a predictor of injury during
police academy training A retrospect Page 1 Bond University Research Repository …

We present a hospital-based case-control study, which aimed to address the question: are
self-reports of musculoskeletal symptoms associated with the occurrence of work-related …

Figure 1. The ability to push a standard-size car 30 ft is an essential job function for the entry-
level police officer. test items. That means that physical abilities tests not identical to the …