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Services provided by our Industrial Rehabilitation
Coordinator and clinicians include:
- Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE):
This comprehensive, objective test
determines an individual’s return to
work status. The evaluation sets work
classifications and positional abilities
or restrictions.
- Impairment Rating (IR):
This test may be provided once a patient
has attained maximal medical improvement.
Following the AMA guides from the Evaluation of
Permanent Improvement, fifth edition, this test
determines a percentage of loss function, motion,
or strength.
- Ergonomic Job Analysis (JA):
This evaluation is actually performed on-site
at a patients place of employment. The JA
determines the essential physical demands of
a job from measurements of forces, distances,
and repetitions,
- Post-offer Employment Screening:
This evaluation consists of a battery of tests,
assessing strength, flexibility, and agility
that is reflected in a specific job position.
- Work Conditioning
Contact Atlantic Orthopaedic today to learn more about our Return to Work Program.
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