Objective Insurers frequently commission medical experts to estimate the degree of the
remaining work capacity (RWC) in claimants for disability benefits. The social functioning …

Background: Functional capacity evaluation is a standardized tool that assesses work-
related skills. Although there are different test batteries, the most frequently used one is Work …

Assessing functioning of children on the autism spectrum is necessary to determine the level
of support they require to participate in everyday activities across contexts. The International …

Purpose Understanding of the capacity to work among employees with common mental
disorders (CMDs) is important, but contemporary knowledge on this issue lacks the …

Background Several occupational health disciplines are involved in return to work guidance,
implying that good interdisciplinary collaboration is important. A shared conceptual …

Purpose Performing evidence-based work disability prognosis evaluation (WDPE) of clients
on sick leave is a difficult task for physicians. The aim was to develop a working method to …

Like many ground-breaking innovations, the conceptual thinking that went into The World
Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) …

The assessment of disability in Italy requires the support of a system entirely dedicated to
forensic evaluative medicine, which, for years, has been associated with the National Social …

Inability to work fulltime-the inability to sustain full-time work activities-is an important item in
the work disability benefit assessment. Research is scarse, while there is unclarity about the …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in severe physical impairments and limitations. This has an
impact on all aspects of life including work participation. Work participation is beneficial for …