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Evaluating a Worker's Ability to Perform Tasks

The Blankenship System is a standardized evaluation of the worker’s ability to perform a given scenario of physical tasks related to job tasks, including:

• Musculoskeletal evaluation

• Repetitive motion evaluation

• Static strength

• Occasional, frequent and constant material handling

• Hand evaluation

• Non-material handling

• Symptom exaggeration identification

• Non-organic behavioral profile

The goals of the FCE are the following:

• To establish a comprehensive profile of the employee’s ability to perform work.

• To gain objective data for the establishment on the degree of medical impairment.

• To verify the presence of pathology versus behavioral problems.

• To establish a baseline for successful rehabilitation.

• To establish a safe physical demand classification for return to work.

The Highland Park Center offers certified FCE professional administers. The evaluation is done on a referral basis. The FCE typically lasts three to five hours depending on the complexity of the problem identified.