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Human Health Passport video sketch

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The online "Human Health Passport" assistant was created for health assessment and the development of directions for health promotion in different languages. Access to the assistant is free through a Google account in the browser. The scale consists of colors that signal the corresponding state of health. The scalability of the health passport is extremely easy from the regional to the state level. Even - in the entire world. Thus, the green color signals that you are completely healthy. And you can balance on your left leg with your eyes closed for more than 10 seconds. And if you are a healthy young man, then you must have the characteristic of 90 seconds and above, and for women - 60 seconds and more. Light green color indicates a functional decreasing in health. It is necessary to pay attention to workout training to improving health and monitor sensory capabilities. The normal parameters for the verified performance of breath holding, i.e., performing 3 times: a deep bre...

Tomarevska O.S. Physiological possibilities of ensuring the overall working ability of elderly people.

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Tomarevska E.S. Physiological possibilities of ensuring the overall working ability of elderly people.   ANNOTATION Dissertation on defending a Scientific Degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences in specialty 14.03.03 - Normal Physiology. - SI "Institute of Gerontology by D.F. Chebotarev NAMS of Ukraine ", Kiev, 2014. Anthropometric characteristics and functional parameters of respiration, physical working ability and mental capacity, psychomotor activity, sensory abilities, as well as the ratio of functional aging were researched among the elderly persons. Retrospective professional activities were analyzed in the surveyed seniors. Results of the research were used to justify, develop, and offer a method of quantifying the residual working ability amount of an elderly people. A quantitative characteristic of factors affecting the residual working ability were evaluated, including professional activity, family and household factors, health indicators, physical activity...