Performance-based functional assessments, including standardized functional capacity
evaluation (FCE) batteries, are commonly used to determine the physical work abilities of …

Background. Considerable controversy and limited information surrounds the use of
performance-based functional assessments for determining an injured worker's ability to …

Purpose: This work generates a comprehensive description of upper extremity and torso
kinematics of a healthy population during reaching and dexterity Functional Capacity …

Until recently, little was documented about how functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) are
used by employers and workers' compensation organizations. Such information was one …

The Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) is an evaluation tool used in the return to work
process to guide treatment and decision making. An FCE involves testing the functional …

Schapmire and colleagues have recently reported a study on 'consistency of effort'in this
journal [9]. They conclude that pain does not reasonably explain the failure of a statistically …

There was strong evidence that, in addition to usual care, collaborative effort among
stakeholders, early contact between the physician and workplace is associated with early …

Suomalaisessa toimintaterapiassa on käytössä vain vähän toimintaterapian tietoperustaan
pohjautuvia ADL-arviointimenetelmiä. ADL-Taxonomin® on toimintaterapeuttien käyttöön …

At the completion of a comprehensive study [1] exploring the Functional Assessment (FA)
process and how performance based assessments with injured workers are conducted and …