Clarifying your Client's Current Functional Capacities
by Ellen Rader Smith,
In Brief, ATLA-NJ a publication of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. New Jersey, February 2006

Basic to the damages assessment of any case is an understanding the injured person's current functional limitations. Occupational Therapists are trained to evaluate an injured person's abilities to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and work-related tasks.....

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Expert Exchange –Ellen Rader Smith, MS, OTR, CVE, CPE – Ergo & Rehab Services
Complex Tort Quarterly, A publication of Starr Gern Davison & Rubin, P.C.

Most attorneys who handle Workers' compensation cases are familiar with functional capacity evaluations are often used by insurance carriers to determine whether an injured employee can perform the tasks required by a particular job....

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Ergonomics in the Law Office
by Ellen Rader Smith,
New Jersey Law Journal,
Vol CLXXVI-No.1- index 27, April 5, 2004

Most attorneys are concerned about having computers that are fast and have lots of storage, but very few have given consideration to where the computer is placed and whether there are alternative placements that can facilitate user comfort. It is common that the computer is simply added to an already crowded work area...

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Ergo Rehab Services improves the ergonomics of a work space resulting in greater well-being – and productivity in the office
from New Jersey Jewish News, Women's Health and Well Being, 2005

How often have you felt sore and uncomfortable after an hour of surfing the WEb. let alone sitting for a whole day of work at the computer? If you feel hand, arm, back or neck discomfort, or eye strain, you are not alone...

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