A Key™ Functional Assessment
is a scientifically developed process of evaluating injured people
to determine their safe capabilities and tolerances in a work environment.
Key™ Functional Assessment can be performed before and after
treatment, and results will help predict an injured person's ability
to safely perform workplace activities during a standard 40-hour workweek.
When should a Key™ Functional Assessment be ordered?
The occupational medicine physician may order a Key™ Functional
Assessment when musculoskeletal or soft tissue illness or injuries
occur and objective findings are difficult to obtain. This is because
Key™ has been designed to provide clinicians with an accurate
assessment of a person's functioning level. This objective data
can be used to establish the effectiveness of treatments and what
would be considered a person's safe capability for a variety of
work-related activities. More simply, it's a level of activity that
someone could be expected to do to return to work, which is valuable
information for the employer.
How can you tell if the test is valid?
An extremely important aspect of the Key™ Functional Assessment
is the Validity/Invalidity component. This is an objective, statistically
based set of identifications that show whether the individual is
fully participating in the assessment. A Key™ assessment with
a high degree of validity will accurately represent the worker's
capacity to perform job functions, and can be relied upon to establish
a treatment plan and return-to-work activities.
This is just another tool our highly trained occupational medicine
physicians use to improve the health of the injured worker and help
employers maintain a healthy and productive work force.
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