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¹Lecturer and Program Development Consultant; Associate Director, Employment and Rehabilitation Institute of California, Trabuco Canyon, CA.

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This paper guides occupational therapists in serving industrially injured individuals through work-related programs. It details key services like work tolerance screening, capacity evaluation, and work hardening within the workers' compensation system.

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Area of Science:

Occupational Therapy
Rehabilitation Medicine
Industrial Health

Background:

Occupational therapy historically utilizes work as a therapeutic and evaluative tool.
The industrial injury landscape necessitates specialized rehabilitation services.
Understanding the workers' compensation system is crucial for effective intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

To inform occupational therapists about engaging in work-related programs for the industrially injured.
To delineate the foundational principles supporting occupational therapy's role in work rehabilitation.
To define specific occupational therapy services applicable to industrial injury recovery.

Main Methods:

Review of historical and philosophical underpinnings of work in occupational therapy.
Outline of the workers' compensation process and identification of key stakeholders.
Definition and structural examples of three core occupational therapy services.

Main Results:

Work tolerance screening is defined as a service to assess an individual's ability to perform work tasks.
Work capacity evaluation is presented as a method to determine an individual's functional abilities for work.
Work hardening programs are described as intensive, goal-oriented rehabilitation to return individuals to work.

Conclusions:

Occupational therapists can effectively contribute to the rehabilitation of industrially injured workers.
Specific services including screening, evaluation, and hardening provide a framework for practice.
Programmatic structures and evaluative tools are essential for successful implementation of these services.