How does a Functional Capacity Evaluation and job analysis help my workers return to work?
The mandate of the current workers compensation system is early and safe return to work. Functional Capacity Evaluation helps to objectively measure an individuals abilities at a given point in time, while job analysis objectively measures the physical demands a worker will face in a particular job with a particular employer. When combined together, the information can be used to exactly pinpoint where functional limitations exist, and identify specific treatment target areas. Employers then have the option of designing suitable safe modified work to keep the employee in the work environment, and maximize the probability of full return to normal duties. Treatment providers will know where the employee will have difficulty performing specific tasks. They can then focus on providing healing medical treatments as well as targeting the functional gains needed to meet the demands of the job. The result is better predictability in treatment outcomes, less time in treatment, more time on the
