The article deals with the features of electromyographic indicators of the soleus muscles while maintaining a upright position in people with increased vestibular sensitivity. From the literature, it is concluded that the study of electromyographic features of indicators in the conditions of irritation of the vestibular analyzer in people with different vestibular sensitivity is an important area in physiology. Vestibular sensitivity was determined by the questionnaire, Voyachek's sample and Fukuda's written test. To assess the electromyographic activity of the soleus muscles, a computer DX complex was used for registration of interference electromyography. Registration was carried out during performing Romberg test, before and after vestibular loading. According to the results of the vestibular irritation, there was a greater decrease in the amplitude of the flap muscles of the lower extremities in persons with the increased vestibular sensitivity than in people with the adequate sensitivity. Based on the results achieved, it can be assumed, that in people with the increased sensitivity of the vestibular analyzer, the irritation of the receptors of the semicircular canals alters the activity of extensor motoneurons of the human spinal cord more significantly than in persons with the adequate sensitivity.

According to WHO experts, vision is vulnerable to computer loads. Computer users have complaints, combined by the terms «visual fatigue», «computer vision syndrome», which include a complex of violations in the system of refraction-accommodation. We did not find any research on the peculiarities of senior students’ binocular vision with emmetropia when they are working with a personal computer, and therefore we decided to study this issue. 63 healthy school age senior students were examined, those with emmetropic refraction but without ophthalmic, somatic and psychological abnormalities. Chromatic angle of view and chromatic stereoscopy were studied with the help of special computer techniques. The survey was conducted in three stages. At the first stage, we studied the effect of a one-hour nonstop work in front of the computer monitor on the visual functions, at the second one – their state after a 15 minute passive rest. The third stage involved implementing our own program «Saving and Restoration of Vision» anddetermining the investigated parameters. The «Saving and Restoration of Vision» program contains special eye exercises, as well as those for the shoulder and neck with breath-holding elements. It is ascertained that high school students’ one-hour work at the computer leads to deteriorating chromatic angle of view as well as chromatic stereoscopy. Herewith, the perfect match frequency of test objects decreased by 14,5 and 24,2 % respectively. Applying a set of rehabilitation exercises after a one-hour computer work allowed to restore the binocular vision to the original state, while a passive fifteen-minute rest after the computer visual load did not give such results. Thus, the study of senior students’ binocular vision with emmetropic refraction, after one hour of work, showed its violation, which can be eliminated by a complex of rehabilitation exercises from the authors' program «Saving and Restoration of Vision».

Modern IT penetration leads to the sharing with usage of information devices, especially PCs, in teaching and learning process. Nowadays, according to the specialists’ research, in Ukraine above 9,5 million people are PC users (in fact, one in five people), but half of them is children and teenagers. As a result the changes in functional activity of different organs and systems are produced, but work with video-display terminals exerts the most influence on visual analyzer (Cochina 2009, Kovtun 2008). Goal of research: to study the visual acuity and contrast sensitivity in senior pupils while working at the computer monitor, and when disorders are determined to offer their effective correction. Methods and materials: Sixty healthy senior pupils (120 eyes) with emmetropic refraction were examined. The visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were investigated by special computer techniques. At the first stage the effect of one-hour uninterrupted computer work on visual functions was studied. Their state after a fifteen-minute passive rest was determined at the second stage. The author’s program “Eyesight Preservation and Restoration” that includes special exercises for eyes, upper limb girdle and neck with the elements of breath-holding, followed by the determination of the parameters in question was used at the third stage. Results of the research: We have found decrease in the visual acuity by 7.4% after one-hour constant visual strain on the computer monitor. Conspicuous is the fact that doing the restoration exercises for fifteen minutes after one-hour visual strain increased the visual acuity by 7.2%. It is worth pointing out the contrast sensitivity increases to 36,1 ± 1,42% and 36,08 ± 1,65% respectively in the right eye and in the left eye after one-hour visual workload. This indicates the contrast sensitivity decrease in the eyes and the reduction of successful implementation of visual work under the changes in brightness. Conclusions: Thus, the indices of the visual functions, such as the visual acuity and contrast sensitivity change under the impact of the work on the PC, but the fifteen-minute set of the restoration exercises brings them closer to the baseline.

The professional identity formation of prospective physical and occupational therapists in the clinical practices process has been studied. The presence of the formed professional identity provides their orientation in the professional field and professional community that allows to realize more fully personal potential in a multidisciplinary team, to predict possible consequences of professional choice and to define own professional development prospects. There are three main stages in the formation of professional identity of the prospective physical therapy and occupational therapy specialists: an initial choice; a confirmation or refutation of the initial choice; an implementation of the initial choice in the activity. The dynamics of professional identity formation during the whole period of their professional training in a higher education institution has been determined. The peculiarities of early students` professionalization in the process of clinical practice have been revealed in a passive form, later - at the stage of active practice. Among the principles of professional identification development of future masters in physical and occupational therapy in the process of clinical practices, the principle of reflectivity and the principle of a value attitude forming to professional activity have been singled out. The clinical practice, taking place in medical and rehabilitation institutions, involving participation in the rehabilitation diagnosis establishment and in the rehabilitation program has been defined. Formation, development, a moral and psychological qualities complex, as an integral part of professional training of physical and occupational therapy specialists for their future professional activity; ensuring the growth of students` professional competence level; promoting self-identification and choosing the future professional activity direction are the main tasks of the research. The professional identification and personal identity formation of the prospective physical and occupational therapist is the unity of three processes: student`s self-acceptance as a prospective physical and occupational therapist; comparison with the professional ideal, norm and sample of a physical therapist; recognition by the external environment of the prospective specialist's affiliation to the professional group of practicing physical and occupational therapists. Throughout life professional identity is a product of continuous personal and professional development of the physical and occupational therapist.

Актуальність. Реалізація комплексної програми реабілітації спортсменів після травм та ушкоджень, окрім виділення мети, цілей, завдань, контролю ефективності й спостереження, повинна враховувати можливість відновлення спортивної майстерності, підвищення вмотивованості до комплексної реабілітації, переоцінку своїх можливостей і перспектив. Мета дослідження – аналіз динаміки показників якості життя за анкетою МОS SF-36 у спортсменів, які проходили двотижневий курс фізичної терапії за індивідуально реалізованим реабілітаційним планом під час спортивно-реабілітаційних зборів. Методи дослідження – аналіз і синтез наукових літературних джерел, педагогічне спостереження, дворазове анонімне анкетування МОS SF-36; статистичне опрацювання даних. Результати дослідження. Аналіз отриманих даних на початку дослідження за анкетою МОS SF-36 із виділенням фізичного компонента здоров’я (PCS) та психологічного компонента здоров'я (MCS) у показнику якості життя показав значну варіабельність даних: PCS – від 25,79 до 59,76 бала; MCS – від 20,97 до 64,85 балів. При цьому між показниками простежено негативний кореляційний зв'язок помірної сили. Після двотижневої програми фізичної терапії, яка складалась з урахуванням профілю пацієнта відповідно до МКФ й була спрямована не лише на підвищення рівня функціонування та ліквідацію (компенсації, відновлення) наслідків травм й ушкоджень опорно-рухового апарату, а й на задоволення потреб і побажань спортсменів, варіабельність компонентів здоров’я, змінилась. Величина PCS коливалась у межах від 34,31 до 59,48 бала, MCS – від 21,43 до 61,77 бала. Між показниками PCS та MCS наприкінці дослідження з’явився слабкий позитивний кореляційний зв’язок. Також ми аналізували взаємозалежність між компонентами здоров’я на початку та наприкінці досліджен- ня. Виявлено за показниками PCS позитивний кореляційний зв'язок помірної сили. Водночас між показниками MCS на початку й наприкінці дослідження залежності не виявлено. Висновки. Доведений кореляційний зв'язок між показниками PCS на початку дослідження та після реалізації програми фізичної терапії є свідченням того, що врахування принципу пацієнтоцентричності під час складання індивідуального реабілітаційного плану є обов’язковою умовою результативності реабілітації. Зміна коефіцієнта кореляції між показниками PCS і MCS із негативного помірної сили на позитивний слабкої сили свідчить про те, що реалізовані реабілітаційні плани, провідним принципом яких був пацієнтоцентричний підхід, відобразилися на складниках якості життя, змінюючи їх взаємовплив та взаємозалежність.