Functional capacity evaluation can be a critical part of assessing fitness for work, but it is not always well understood. Nicola Suckley, occupational health national accounts director at Connect ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

man with virtual reality goggles on Researchers found data that showed young patients in the early phase of schizophrenia would benefit by the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool, as a ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio The NIMH recently awarded a phase 2b ...

In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, 12 months of pulmonary rehabilitation increased cerebral oxygenation during exercise, improved VO₂peak and workload, reduced anxiety and depression scores, and raised ...

New guidance on functional capacity evaluation from the professional body for physiotherapists in occupational health has been released to help OH specialists give better advice on employees’ physical ...