Guide to Evaluation of Functional Ability: How Request, Interpet, and Apply

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603590013
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1603590013
• Author: Elizabeth Genovese (Author), Jill S. Galper (Author)

This book helps you to understand the use of FCEs in determining disability. 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: know the differences between various functional tests to request the appropriate type; design, interpret and apply FCEs to process workers’ compensation and to rate disability; 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; and, interpret and apply an FCE report and understand legal implications of FCEs.

Table of contents:

1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Functional Capacity Evaluation
2. Chapter 2. Approach to Requesting a Functional Evaluation
3. Chapter 3. General Testing Principles for Functional Capacity Evaluations
4. Chapter 4. Baseline Functional Capacity Evaluation Components
5. Chapter 5. Activities of Daily Living and Psychometric Questionnaires
6. Chapter 6. Dynamic Material Handling Testing
7. Chapter 7. Use of Computerized Extremity and Trunk Tests in Functional Capacity Evaluation
8. Chapter 8. Static Testing in Functional Capacity Evaluations
9. Chapter 9. Evaluating Movement and Positional Tolerance
10. Chapter 10. Evaluating Aerobic Capacity
11. Chapter 11. Assessing Evaluee Effort
12. Chapter 12. Upper Extremity Functional Testing
13. Chapter 13. Postoffer Functional Testing for Injury Prevention: Methodological and Practical Considerations
14. Chapter 14. Job-specific Functional Testing for Injury Management
15. Chapter 15. Functional Capacity Evaluation for Patients with Chronic Pain
16. Chapter 16. Data Analysis and the Functional Capacity Evaluation Report
17. Chapter 17. Choosing a Functional Capacity Evaluation Evaluator
18. Chapter 18. Clinician and Insurer Application of Functional Test Results
19. Chapter 19. Application of the Functional Capacity Evaluation by Vocational Experts
20. Chapter 20. Legal Issues in Functional Capacity Evaluations
21. Chapter 21. The Scientific Status of Functional Capacity Evaluation
22. Chapter 22. Conclusions and Agenda for the Future
23. Appendix
24. Index

Title tag:

Comprehensive Guide to Evaluating Functional Ability: Requesting, Interpreting & Applying
Mastering the Evaluation of Functional Ability: Steps to Request, Interpret and Apply
An In-depth Look at Functional Ability Evaluation: How to Request, Interpret and Utilize Information