BACKGROUND: Workplace injuries place a significant physical, social and financial burden
on organisations globally. Paramedics provide emergency management of workplace …

Introduction to the Special Issue on Functional Capacity Evaluations: From Expert Based to
Evidence Based Page 1 P1: JQX Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation [jor] pp1025-joor-475075 …

BACKGROUND: The workforce is ageing. While those in relatively sedentary occupations
may be largely unaffected, for those employed in more physically demanding occupations …

Employment Assessment (EA) is concerned with enabling individuals to predict their
performance in job opportunities. Job performance and its analysis are key concerns for …

Objectives: To assess the criterion-related validity of the five Ergo-Kit (EK) functional
capacity evaluation (FCE) lifting tests in construction workers on sick leave due to …

The work ability has been defined as the degree to which a worker is physically and
mentally able to cope with the demands at work. Finnish researchers have constructed a …

This study examined the interrater reliability and validity of a newly developed test of
physical work abilities, the Physical Work Performance Evaluation. Eleven physical …

Study Design. The data in this study were gathered retrospectively after the progress of
program development in terms of employee outcomes within an organization. This design …

Background: Functional capacity evaluations are used to quantify and qualify the physical
abilities of an individual in relation to the physical requirements of an occupation. One major …

The last decades have shown a great need for vocational rehabilitation when persons work
functioning1 has been reduced by injury or illness, resulting in high levels of sickness …