Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: Functional Capacity Experts, LLC
- Phone: (318) 658-9950
- Cell: 318-658-5800
- Website: www.functionalcapacityexperts.com
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Physical Therapy and Disability EvaluationKeywords/Search Terms:
Nursing Home, Functional Capacity Evaluation, FCE, Functional Job Analysis, Disability Evaluation, Work Capacity, Functional Impairment, Functional Limitation, Physical Limitation, Activities of Daily Living Assessment, Loss of Enjoyment of Life Activities, Performance ValidityEducation:
DPT, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences; MHS, PT, LSU Medical Center; BS, PT, LSU Medical CenterYears in Practice:
30Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
31Additional Information
Dr. Allison is a doctor of physical therapy and certified DOT medical examiner. Dr. Allison has 28 years of clinical practice experience specializing in functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) for cases involving personal injury, workers' compensation, long term disability, and Social Security disability claims. He has performed more than 5,000 FCEs to more objectively quantify and qualify the severity of an individual's occupational disability, credibility of pain behavior, physical impairments with participation in basic activities of daily living, and loss of enjoyment of life activities. Dr. Allison was the lead author of the Functional Capacity Evaluation Best Practice Guidelines adopted by the American Physical Therapy Association in 2018. He has authored/contributed to various peer-reviewed published articles and he has presented at various national, state, and local post-professional continuing education conferences related to best practices in functional capacity evaluations and job analyses. Dr. Allison has been accepted as an expert witness in various Federal and State court jurisdictions in functional capacity evaluations, orthopedic physical therapy, functional job analysis, and functional test validation.