Title: Functional Abilities Evaluation - FAE | Lifemark
Headings: Everything you need to know about Functional Abilities Evaluations
FAE
Everything you need to know about Functional Abilities Evaluations
What is a functional abilities evaluation (FAE)?
Purpose of a functional abilities evaluation
What’s involved in the FAE?
What’s not included?
How long does FAE testing last?
Who performs an FAE test?
Who requests an FAE form?
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Content: The FAE will examine your physical abilities using a review of your medical documentation, interview processes and objective physical testing. Following a musculoskeletal examination (a check of bone, muscle, ligament and nervous system health), a healthcare professional will lead you through functional tasks such as walking, climbing stairs, as well as gripping, lifting, pushing and pulling objects. Repetitive activities and those requiring fine motor skills are often both a part of the tests. By simulating everyday life skills and job-specific skills, the FAE can evaluate abilities, determine risks and define impairments. Standardized tests, questionnaires and interviews may also be used to evaluate cognitive abilities and psychosocial behaviour, in relation to traits required for your job. The FAE will often compare your abilities with the physical demands of your specific job, by looking at your work responsibilities and environment. Evaluators will be watching for consistency of effort and barriers throughout the process. What’s not included? Although the FAE may recommend specific work conditioning or work hardening programs, treatment is not typically included. Such conditioning programs are designed specifically to improve the abilities required of your current workplace and would ideally be connected to the assessment and recommendations provided in your FAE, as well as the healthcare professionals behind them.