Research - Presentations - Publications
OccuPro recognizes the importance of research, peer reviewed publication, and presenting at national conferences. We have been committed to a valid and reliable Functional Capacity Evaluation that exceeds the industry standard for greater than 10 years. We are presently in the depths of research that will show our present web based system is even more valid and reliable than our desktop software package was. Please return to this page to find updates on the many research projects we are performing. We will also post any recent publications and national presentations performed by OccuPro staff.
Research Projects
- Predictive validity of a web based functional capacity evaluation
- Inter-rater and Intra-rater reliability of OccuPro's Online Assessment Application's functional capacity evaluation
- Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the lifting testing in OccuPro's Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Construct validity of OccuPro's Functional Pain Intensity Scale TM
- Construct validity of OccuPro's Reliability of Pain TM measurements
- Sensitivity and specificity of OccuPro's consistency of effort measurements
- Statistical findings of Functional Progress Notes™, a newly released return to work industrial rehabilitation product line
Publications
- A New Approach: Worker's Comp could be a driving force behind profitability in OT (April 26, 2010 Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners)
Bridging the Gap: Employer-Based Cash Services (March 2010 Impact Magazine) Article reprinted from the March 2010 issue of Impact magazine, with permission of the private practice section of the APTA
Covering all the Bases - What an Oregon court case means for the future of FCE's (January 2010) Advanced for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Industrial Rehab 2020 (July 2009 Impact Magazine) Article reprinted from the July 2009 issue of Impact magazine, with the permission of the private practice section, APTA
Functional and Profitable Industrial Rehab (May 2009 Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners) - Under Closer Scrutiny: Functional capacity evaluations must be evidence based and valid (June 2008 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation)
- Back to Business - OccuPro simplifies and streamlines return-to-work practices (February 2008 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation)
- Evidence Based Industrial Rehab (January 2008 Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners)
- Doing Business - Striking it Rich - Keep the revenue flowing by enhancing industrial rehab programs (June 2007 Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation)
- Injured Worker Rehabilitation Core Ideologies
- Computer Ergonomics
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
National Presentations
- Workers Compensation Niche Practices: Clinic and Employer Based Opportunities (2008 Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association Conference)
- Functional Capacity Evaluation - Current Evidence Based Practice (2008 American Occupational Therapy Association Conference)
- Functional Capacity Evaluation - Current Evidence Based Practice (2007 Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association Conference)
