Functional capacity testing in the pre-employment or post-offer phase of recruitment is
increasing in popularity as a preventative tool for controlling sprains and strains in the …

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders have substantial direct and indirect costs to both
employers and employees. It is in the best interest of both parties to implement workplace …

Study Design. Prospective cohort study. Objective. To determine if a job-specific pre-
employment functional assessment (PEFA) predicts musculoskeletal injury risk in healthy …

Objectives: This paper summarizes a series of studies of the effectiveness of ergonomically
based functional screening tests for post offer pre-placement of applicants for physically …

Background Musculoskeletal injuries account for the largest proportion of workplace injuries.
In an attempt to predict, and subsequently manage, the risk of sprains and strains in the …

As will be discussed in this chapter, functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) are often relied
upon by employers, physicians, insurance agencies, and benefits adjudicators to determine …

Screening applicants to ensure a new employee is physically able to do a job will pay off
now, more than ever. The adoption of new screening techniques is a company's way to get …

The world of work has many arduous jobs that require the worker to possess greater levels
of physical ability than found in the normal population. This chapter provides an overview of …

Objectives To synthesize the evidence on the psychometrics functional capacity evaluation
(FCE) methods. Methods A systematic literature search in nine databases. The resulting …

Background Pre‐placement testing was implemented during World War II. Its current use
has been reshaped by economic factors, litigation, legislation, and advances in medicine. In …