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- The ability of the patient
to return to full duty, modified duty with accommodations, or inability to
perform essential functions of the job.
The FCE can assist the physician in determining disability and
impairment by providing range of motion measurements.
- The FCE can assist the physician and
insurance company in case closure. The
patient may need continued therapy such as pt or work hardening/conditioning,
or retraining in another vocation
- The employer can benefit from an FCE in that
the question can be answered as to whether or not the employee can perform the
essential functions of the job and if they (employer) can reasonably
accommodate the employee, i.e. Alternative job classification.
- If an attorney refers the patient, the FCE
can provide objective data of the patient’s function as well as effort level.
- The FCE can provide the patient with valuable
information regarding his/her safe material handling capacity, postural tolerances
and conditioning which can either assist or deter the patient from returning to
their previous vocation.
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