Evaluating Remaining Capacity to Work in Miner Applicants With Simple Pneumoconiosis Under 65 Years of Age Under Title Iv of Public Law 91‐173

Roemmich, W; Blumenfeld, Herbert L.; Moritz, Henrietta

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1972.tb40219.x

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“…These include studies to determine the reserve capacity necessary to sustain various workplace tasks and how this can best be defined and/or evaluated clinically (22). For instance, is it necessary to define the anaerobic threshold as part of a routine assessment?…”

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Organic or Functional Impairment^1,²

Becklake¹

1984

Am Rev Respir Dis

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The term impairment, used to indicate a deficit of function, may be perceived by the subject as shortness of breath, at first on exertion and eventually at rest. The clinical assessment of this complaint involves (1) establishing in detail the circumstances under which it develops; (2) gathering all relevant explanatory information (this includes determining whether dysfunction, abnormality, or disease is present and, if so, its nature and extent and, where possible, its cause); and (3) determining whether the symptom can be attributed to the dysfunction, abnormality, or disease present (usually a clinical judgment). If this is so, the symptom is considered to be organic; if not, functional. When impairment of resting function tests is severe, it is reasonable to infer that disability for work will be present as a consequence. For less severe degrees of impairment, exercise testing usually, although not always, clarifies the reserve capacity and permits an assessment of whether the symptom is on an organic or functional basis. At each stage of the clinical assessment, reference values are used. The availability of better reference values can only improve the quality of the assessment.

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confidence: 99%

Organic or Functional Impairment^1,²

Becklake¹

1984

Am Rev Respir Dis

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“…3 The evidence has been accepted by the British Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, and coalminers with adequate evidence of dust CORRESPONDENCE exposure are now eligible for benefits for impaired lung function. In Lapp and colleagues' study the important question, unanswerable from their design, is how many of those with airflow obstruction would not have had this impairment had they not been exposed to coal dust.…”

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confidence: 99%