Guide to the evaluation of functional ability : how to request, interpret, and apply functional capacity evaluations / [edited] by Elizabeth Genovese, Jill S. Galper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to functional capacity evaluation / Susan Isernhagen -- Approach to requesting a functional evaluation / Elizabeth Genovese and Susan J. Isernhagen -- General testing principles for functional capacity evaluations / Susan Isernhagen and Jill S. Galper -- Baseline functional capacity evaluation components / Jill. S. Galper -- Activities of daily living and psychometric questionnaires / Elizabeth Genovese and Mark Hyman -- Dynamic material handling testing / PT Ev Innes --

Use of computerized extremity and trunk tests in functional capacity evaluation / Jill S. Galper ... [et al.] -- Static testing in functional capacity evaluation / Jill S. Galper and James Lamprakos -- Evaluating movement and positional tolerance / Michael Coupland, Margot Miller, and Jill S. Galper -- Evaluating aerobic capacity / Harriët Wittink and Tim Takken -- Assessing evaluee effort / Bhagwant S. Sindhu and Phyllis M. King -- Upper extremity functional testing / Cynthia T. Kwasniewski and Elaine Labovitz --

Postoffer functional testing for injury prevention : methodological and practical considerations / Eva Schonstein, Norashikin Mahmud, and Dianna T. Kenny -- Job-specific functional testing for injury management / Rick Wickstrom -- Functional capacity evaluation for patients with chronic pain / Lisa Fore, Janice Keeley, and Tom Mayer -- Data analysis and the functional capacity evaluation report / Jill Galper and Jerry N. Fogel --

Choosing a functional capacity evaluation evaluator / Jill Galper and Elizabeth Genovese -- Clinician and insurer application of functional test results / Elizabeth Genovese -- Application of the functional capacity evaluation by vocational experts / Jasen M. Walker -- Legal issues in functional capacity evaluations / Gwen Simons -- The scientific status of functional capacity evaluation / Michiel Reneman, Harriët Wittink, and Douglas P. Gross -- Conclusions and agenda for the future / Elizabeth Genovese and Jill Galper.

"Assists in understanding the components used in functional assessment and their use in postoffer testing, work-injury management, and evaluation of patients with chronic pain"--Provided by publisher.