Adapted from Hart DL, Peters M, Schlimmer D, Trinkle KL: Guidelines for the Use of Functional Measurements: Reference Manual for Functional Capacity Evaluations, Virginia: The Task Force on Objective Functional Measurements, 1990, with permission.

Functional capacity evaluation is an important and widely available service provided by rehabilitation professionals, including many physical therapists. In the absence of agreed-upon professional standards, guidelines for practice have been developed.

These guidelines provide a basis for the development of standards of practice that the authors believe should be undertaken on an interdisciplinary basis. These guidelines provide a baseline level of care that should be maintained by physical therapists and others who provide functional capacity evaluation services.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1993;18(6):682-686.

Key Words: industrial rehabilitation, functional capacity evaluation, guidelines