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Guide to the Evaluation of Functional Ability: How to Request, Interpret and Apply Functional Capacity Evaluations

Description

Bridging the gap between impairment and disability, the AMA Guide to the Evaluation of Functional Ability provides a practical approach to functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) in relation to assessing patients' physical ability. With this book, readers will be able to:

Select an FCE evaluator

Know the differences between various functional tests to request the appropriate type

Clearly discuss and document how to best use the data in FCEs to assess a patient's ability to perform work-related and non-work-related activities of daily living, or ADLs

Determine the degree to which a patient's disability precludes their performance

Incorporate functional assessment into an impairment rating

Understand the patient, medical and legal implications of FCEs with observations on psychological and motivational status

Design, interpret and apply FCEs to process workers' compensation and to rate disability

Ideal for: Physicians and therapists who have been in search of a standard approach to functional capacity evaluations (FCEs). This breakthrough publication provides its readers with a practical approach to FCEs so that they can gain a deeper understanding of the evidence basis for functional testing and understand how to best request, interpret and apply these functional tests.