ATI can help determine if you are physically ready to go back to work with a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE), a scientifically developed, objective process to measure a worker's physical capabilities and tolerances, also known as a worker's physical demand level (PDL).
If you experience a work-related injury or illness, you may be entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits. After you’ve recovered, your employer or insurance provider may request you undergo a FCE to determine if you are able to return to work. A Functional Capacity Evaluator will administer a series of tests to evaluate your physical abilities as they relate to your job. A Functional Capacity Test will examine your:
The Functional Capacity Evaluator can then provide objective information regarding your injury and help determine whether you can return to work in the same capacity or if your duties must be modified to avoid reinjuring yourself due to an on-going or permanent disability.
A Functional Capacity Test provides important information for both your employer and yourself, including:
At ATI Physical Therapy, standardized protocols determine the level of participation and activity that is right for you following rehabilitation, thus providing the highest probability for return to work without reinjury.
ATI's certified functional capacity evaluators administer FCEs with evaluation tools and methods that are peer-reviewed, validity-based and legally defensible in the field of occupational rehabilitation. All testing is performed with standardized protocols that are specific to each case in question. Each FCE will provide information on reliability of physical effort, reliability of pain reports/behaviors and safe levels of functional capacity.
ATI Physical Therapy provides testing results that are trustworthy. ATI is an independently owned and operated company with the goal to provide fair, accurate, concise, objective data and information in each specific workers' compensation case.
ATI Physical Therapy's certified functional capacity evaluators produce FCEs that are clear, concise, timely and specific to provide case closure for the referral sources and the workers' compensation client.
ATI Physical Therapy uses mobile equipment, which allows companies and their employees the convenience of ATI professionals performing on-site evaluations when needed. Please see our locations to find an ATI clinic near you that offers FCEs.
For more information about physical therapy and workers' compensation, email a Workers' Compensation representative at workcomp@atipt.com, or schedule an appointment today.
To request patient records, please email our Medical Records Department at mwdocumentation@atipt.com. Please include a valid HIPAA authorization (download the PDF in our New Patient Information section), and the specific information needed for the request. Requests can also be faxed to 630-759-6185.
ATI Physical Therapy is proud to be the Official Physical Therapy Partner of the McDonald’s All American Games. We are honored to help support these incredible athletes’ to perform at their best.
