Functional Capacity Evaluations

The 8‑hour work­day and the 40-hour work week are the bench­marks against which the abil­i­ty to per­form work-relat­ed tasks are mea­sured. But how are the tests — func­tion­al capac­i­ty eval­u­a­tions or FCEs — that quan­ti­fy that abil­i­ty bench­marked? The Ergo­Science FCE uti­lizes a pro­pri­etary scor­ing sys­tem that’s val­i­dat­ed through peer-reviewed research and defen­si­ble in court.

Trust Your Test

The Ergo­Science FCE sup­ports quick and effec­tive return to work, case res­o­lu­tion, voca­tion­al assess­ment, and dis­abil­i­ty deter­mi­na­tion so that you can ensure that you’re mak­ing the best deci­sion for your employ­ee and for your organization.

Local Test­ing, Cer­ti­fied Assurance

You don’t have to send your work comp employ­ees hours from home to ensure they have accu­rate test results. The QMG Ther­a­py Ser­vices Department’s Phys­i­cal Ther­a­pist Kristin Thomp­son and Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­pist Ali­son Sim­mons are the only Ergo­Science-cer­ti­fied ther­a­pists in the area who per­form the research-backed FCE.

Com­pre­hen­sive employ­ee eval­u­a­tion doesn’t end at func­tion­al capac­i­ty. In many sit­u­a­tions, our clin­i­cians can cal­cu­late impair­ment rat­ings, as well. This helps your orga­ni­za­tion gath­er infor­ma­tion about the lev­el of impair­ment your employ­ee has suf­fered due to injury or ill­ness. Accord­ing to AMA guide­lines for the eval­u­a­tion of impair­ment, which are the stan­dards most com­mon­ly used for impair­ment rat­ings in work­ers’ com­pen­sa­tion injuries, impair­ment rat­ings should only be assigned to per­ma­nent impair­ments. Learn more at www​.ergo​science​.com.

To sched­ule an eval­u­a­tion, call (217) 228‑2323.

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