Functional Capacity Index

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The Functional Capacity Index (FCI) is a measure of a person's level of function for the following 12 months after sustaining some form of illness or injury.{{cite journal |vauthors=MacKenzie EJ, Sacco WJ, Luchter S, etal |title=Validating the Functional Capacity Index as a measure of outcome following blunt multiple trauma |journal=Quality of Life Research |volume=11 |issue=8 |pages=797–808 |date=December 2002 |pmid=12482163 |doi= 10.1023/a:1020820017658|s2cid=2321129 |url=http://www.kluweronline.com/art.pdf?issn=0962-9343&volume=11&page=797 |access-date=2011-09-29}} The FCI incorporates ten physical functions and gives each a numerical value on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 representing no limitations on a person's everyday function.{{cite journal |author=Gotschall CS |s2cid=25611959 |title=The Functional Capacity Index, second revision: morbidity in the first year post injury |journal=International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=254–6 |date=December 2005 |pmid=16471159 |doi= 10.1080/17457300500247404}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Segui-Gomez M, MacKenzie EJ |title=Measuring the public health impact of injuries |journal=Epidemiologic Reviews |volume=25 |pages=3–19 |year=2003 |pmid=12923986 |doi= 10.1093/epirev/mxg007|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |vauthors=MacKenzie EJ, Damiano A, Miller T, Luchter S |title=The development of the Functional Capacity Index |journal=Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=799–807 |date=November 1996 |pmid=8913207 |doi= 10.1097/00005373-199611000-00006}}