Selected Scientific Literature (Abstracts)
EPIC Lift Capacity Test
PubMed citations included for available titles.
- 1991: The Reliability and Validity of Two New Tests of Lifting Capacity
- 1993: Effect of Instructions on Measurement of Isometric Whole Body Strength: Reliability and Validity
- 1994: Effect of Focussed Strength Training After Low Back Injury
- 1994: Reliability of the EPIC Lift Capacity Test
- 1995: A Test to Measure Lift Capacity of Physically Impaired Adults: Part I. Development and Reliability Testing
- 1995: A Test to Measure Lift Capacity of Physically Impaired Adults: Part II. Reactivity in a Patient Sample
- 2000: Sensitivity and Specificity of the Indicators of Sincere Effort of the EPIC Lift Capacity Test on a Previously Injured Population
- 2002: Contributions of Aerobic Fitness and Back Strength to Lift Capacity [PDF]
Symptom Magnification Syndrome
- 1990: Symptom Magnification Syndrome: A Modern Tragedy and Its Treatment [PDF]
- 1991: Symptom Magnification Syndrome Structured Interview: Rationale and Procedure [PDF]
- 1998: Use of Maximum Voluntary Effort Testing to Identify Symptom Magnification Syndrome
- Revisiting “How Do You Know He Tried His Best”: The Coefficient of Variation as a Determinant of Consistent Effort [PDF]
Functional Capacity Evaluation
- 1987: Aggressive Evaluation Leads to Cost Savings: Injured Workers Avoid Rehabilitation and Return to Work
- 1996: Standardized Evaluation of Work Capacity [PDF]
- 1997: Testimony of Leonard N. Matheson, PhD, CVE: Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives One Hundred Fifth Congress [PDF]
- 2001: Functional Assessment Construct Taxonomy, Social Security Administration Disability Determination Project [PDF]
- 2003: The Functional Capacity Evaluation, Matheson, L., in G. Andersson & S. Demeter & G. Smith (Eds.), Disability Evaluation. 2nd Edition. Chicago, IL: Mosby Yearbook. [PDF]
Spinal and Hand Function Sorts
- 1993: Reliability of a Measure of Perceived Functional Ability
- 1993: Validity of a Measure of Self-Perception as an Indicator of Change in the Rehabilitation of Adults with Low Back Injury
Work Hardening
- Work Hardening Strategies: Feasibility for Competitive Employment
- Goaling Process [PDF]
- Work Hardening Strategies: The Goaling Process
- Work Hardening (Matheson, L. (1995). In J. Frymoyer & T. Ducker & N. Hadler & J. Kostuik & J. Weinstein & T. Whitecloud (Eds.), The Adult Spine: Principles and Practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Raven Press. [PDF]