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– FAE involves observing and documenting an individual's performance during specific work-related tasks. – FCE includes various tests and measurements such as strength testing, endurance evaluations, range of motion assessments, and psychosocial questionnaires.

Functional ability is the actual or potential capacity of an individual to perform the activities and tasks that can be normally expected. A given function integrates biological, psychological and social domains.

The purpose of this form is to identify your patient's overall functional abilities and work restrictions that will assist his/her return to suitable work.

The Functional Abilities Form is primarily a communication tool for the workplace parties. It is completed by the treating health professional, and provides the employer and the injured/ill worker with a common frame of reference about the worker's functional abilities to identify jobs that are suitable for the worker.

The purpose of the FAE is to objectively identify impairments or disabilities and how they may affect your ability to return to certain parts or all of your normal work duties. The FAE can also determine which job modifications or restrictions are required to protect your current abilities and prevent future injury.

This form, when completed, is used to enable an employer to accommodate an ill or injured employee to remain at, or if absence is unavoidable, to return to work as soon as they are safely able to do so.