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What Is A Functional Capacity Evaluation

Article Category: Advice

Author Name: Carl Contino, MS, PT - Premier Physical Therapy PC

What Is A Functional Capacity Evaluation?

A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) evaluates an individual's capacity to perform work activities related to his or her participation in employment. The FCE process compares the individual's health status, and body functions and structures to the demands of the job and the work environment. In essence, an FCE's primary purpose is to evaluate a person's ability to participate in work, although other instrumental activities of daily living that support work performance may also be evaluated. Similar types of testing may also be called a functional capacity assessment (FCA), physical capacity assessment or evaluation (PCA or PCE), or work capacity assessment or evaluation (WCA or WCE). A well-designed FCE should consist of a battery of standardized assessments that offers results in performance-based measures and demonstrates predictive value about the individual's return to work

Traditionally, FCEs measured an individual's ability to perform the physical demands of a job, but over the last decade many FCE batteries have begun to include evaluation of cognitive demands if such testing is warranted. The FCE must be administered with care for the client's safety and wellbeing.

Who Can Benefit From an FCE?
• Someone who has been injured on the job to determine his or her ability to return to the job or alternate work.
• Someone applying for Social Security Disability benefits
• Someone seeking to return to work or volunteer activities after an injury or illness
• Someone injured in a catastrophic accident (i.e., automobile accident) for whom an FCE can determine performance skills and abilities related to resuming former employment or a new job
• Someone seeking vocational rehabilitation services
• Students receiving transitional services from school to the work setting to determine their skills and the extent of support required to perform in a job

Occupational Therapy's Role in FCEs

The ability to analyze an activity in detail to determine the necessary components to perform the task competently is a unique core skill of occupational therapists, based on their education and training. FCEs typically require the evaluator to determine the worker's capability to perform various work-related tasks and whether there is a match between these abilities and the essential job performance components. Although individuals from other disciplines can be involved in FCEs, the occupational therapy practitioner brings unique knowledge and skills related to the complex and dynamic interactions between the person, the environment, and the occupation.

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