Title: A Comprehensive Functional Capacity Evaluation Guide
Headings: A Comprehensive Functional Capacity Evaluation Guide
A Comprehensive Functional Capacity Evaluation Guide
What Is a Functional Capacity Evaluation?
Why Are Functional Capacity Evaluations Important in Workers’ Compensation Claimants’ cases?
Are FCEs Used in Other Cases?
What Happens During an FCE?
I Need a Functional Capacity Evaluation for My Workers’ Comp Claim — What Do I Do?
I Need a Provider for an FCE for a Workers’ Comp Case — Where Can I Turn?

Content: A workers’ compensation functional capacity evaluation (FCE) addresses some of these issues. What Is a Functional Capacity Evaluation? An FCE may be ordered by an attorney, an insurance provider offering workers’ compensation coverage or by your employer. The FCE is a series of tests used to evaluate your work-related physical abilities. The tests in an FCE will always be performed by an evaluator certified to conduct these examinations. A functional capacity evaluation is designed to be safe and to provide impartial information about an injury or illness. The tests that are part of an FCE will evaluate a worker’s: Range of motion
Physical strength
Lifting ability
Flexibility
Stamina and ability to carry objects
Other abilities required for their job
In essence, a functional capacity evaluation helps to address the idea of injury or disability. Sometimes, a disability or injury is obvious. However, determining how injured someone is and how much their injury affects their ability to work is more challenging.