Auteur : Genovese, Elizabeth / Galper, Jill S.

Maison d'édition : American Medical Association

Date de publication : 2009

Collation : xxi, 530 p. : ill.

ISBN : 9781603590013

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Introduction to functional capacity evaluation -- 2. Approach to requesting a functional evaluation -- 3. General testing principles for functional capacity evaluations -- 4. Baseline functional capacity evaluation components -- 5. Activities of daily living and psychometric questionnaires -- 6. Dynamic material handling testing -- 7. Use of computerized extremity and trunk tests in functional capacity evaluation -- 8. Static testing in functional capacity evaluations -- 9. Evaluating movement and positional tolerance -- 10. Evaluating aerobic capacity -- 11. Assessing evaluee effort -- 12. Upper extremity functional testing -- 13. Postoffer functional testing for injury prevention : methodological and practical considerations -- 14. Job-specific functional testing for injury management -- 15. Functional capacity evaluation for patients with chronic pain -- 16. Data analysis and the functional capacity evaluation report -- 17. Choosing a functional capacity evaluation evaluator -- 18. Clinician and insurer application of functional test results -- 19. Application of the functional capacity evaluation by vocational experts -- 20. Legal issues in functional capacity evaluations -- 21. The scientific status of functional capacity evaluation -- 22. Conclusions and agenda for the future -- Appendix : Functional capacity evaluation model descriptions

Résumé : Assists in understanding the components used in functional assesment and their use in postoffer testing, work-injury management, and evaluation of patients with chronic pain

Mots-clés : Invalidité - Évaluation

Cote : W 925 G945 2009