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  • Title: [Value of the Susan Isernhangen Evaluation of Functional Capacity Scale in medical and occupational rehabilitation].
    Author: Kaiser H, Kersting M, Schian HM, Jacobs A, Kasprowski D.
    Journal: Rehabilitation (Stuttg); 2000 Oct; 39(5):297-306. PubMed ID: 11089264.
    Abstract:
    In Germany, Susan Isernhagen's Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) system has increasingly come into use over the last few years at the interface between medical and vocational rehabilitation. With implementation of these work-related tests of functional capacity it is possible to obtain valid statements concerning the further vocational prognosis. Along with evaluative testing by experts from different disciplines, the further steps towards integration occur on a well-founded basis. Therapies may thus be adjusted to the requirements of work, either at the former workplace or a new one, or possibly of a vocational (re-)training measure. Also, it is possible to directly deal with work-related issues in the report given at the end of rehabilitation, to initiate preliminary integrative steps in order to achieve a seamless, job retention-focussed transition back into work life. Work is simulated at different levels of loading capacity, the functional deficits of the rehabilitees are addressed in a specific, job-related manner, so as to enable an early return to work after rehabilitation.
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