Cancio Jill M, Oliver Robert A, Yancosek Kathleen E
Military Performance Lab, Center for the Intrepid, Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.
Junior Fellow, Army Baylor Doctor of Science in Occupational Therapy, Fort Sam Houston Moreno Clinic, Building 1179, Room 1A21, 3100 Schofield Road, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.
Mil Med. 2017 Jan;182(1):e1658-e1664. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00072.
A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) evaluates the ability of an individual to perform activities related to employment. There is no FCE specific to the military population; therefore, a FCE for the military population (FCE-M) was developed to evaluate an injured service member's (SM) ability to return to duty. The FCE-M is herein described along with descriptions of three active duty SMs who completed the evaluation. The three SMs completed all categories of the FCE-M with the first two cases achieving a work-level classification of Heavy-Very Heavy and the third a classification of Medium-Heavy. The FCE-M provides a systematic assessment of performance of highly specified military tasks and may provide value in assessing readiness for returning to duty.
功能能力评估(FCE)旨在评估个人从事与就业相关活动的能力。目前尚无专门针对军人的FCE;因此,开发了一种针对军人的FCE(FCE-M),以评估受伤军人重返岗位的能力。本文将介绍FCE-M,并描述三名完成该评估的现役军人的情况。这三名军人完成了FCE-M的所有类别评估,前两个案例的工作级别分类为重度-极重度,第三个案例的分类为中度-重度。FCE-M对高度特定的军事任务表现进行系统评估,在评估重返岗位的准备情况方面可能具有价值。