The purpose of the article is to study prerequisites for the development of preventive measures against office syndrome among women of working age.  Material and methods. The research involved 52 female office employees 21 to 57 years old.  Results. The extended clustering of the original data using EM method with the performance of V-fold crosschecking has shown that female office employees are clearly divided into two clusters depending on the manifestation of office syndrome. Despite our assumptions, their division does not depend on age or length of service in the office, but on the manifestation of office syndrome and behavioral characteristics in the work process. Women assigned to different clusters are characterized by statistically significant (p < 0.05) differences between the level of pain in the joints and spine. The research has found that among female office employees with increased musculoskeletal pain, there are statistically significantly (p<0.05) more women with significant overweight and spinal diseases. They are less likely to take active breaks when working at a computer and a larger percentage of them use information technology for entertainment purposes outside the office for 3-4 hours a day. However, a smaller percentage of them work with a PC for more than 7 hours a day. Women with predominant musculoskeletal pain differ in their lifestyle and point to fundamentally different reasons that stop them from taking measures to prevent the risk of occupational diseases. In particular, among female office employees with no office syndrome, a statistically significant (p<0.05) larger share does not need to expand knowledge about the organization of health care in the office and among them the share of those who lead a passive lifestyle predominates.  Conclusions. Thus, these women are potentially at risk of developing office syndrome and, with the absence of preventive measures, are expected to move to the cluster of women with signs of office syndrome. The results of the research indicate the need for different approaches to planning health measures in the work environment, depending on the presence of office syndrome and the level of their responsible attitude to health in the work process.

In order to improve the educational process in the conditions of quarantine restrictions, it is important to assess the characteristics of students' reaction, depending on the specialty in which they receive education, to certain pedagogical methods and techniques characteristic of distance learning. The purpose of the work is to investigate the dynamics of students' attitude to distance learning and to identify the features of the educational process in the information and educational environment of higher education institutions depending on the field of study. The study from 2020 to 2021 involved 134 students of Kyiv National Economic University Vadym Hetman and 256 students of the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine. During the research such methods as analysis and generalization of literature sources, questionnaires, statistical analysis were used. Results. It was found that regardless of the direction of study, a decrease in motor activity in 2020 was noted by a statistically significant (p <0.05) larger share of freelance students than in 2021, which indicates the adaptation of participants in the educational process to distance learning and stabilization of their motor mode . It was found that students of economic education have a statistically significant (p <0.05) more time on the PC compared to those seeking higher education in physical education. In contrast to students of the Economic Free Economic Zone, the share of students of NUFVSU who mastered the theoretical knowledge of health at work at the computer, statistically significant (p <0.05) increased by 15.4%. In 2020, the shares of students who control the working posture of a PC user and perform mini-sets of exercises when working on a PC depending on the direction of study statistically significant (p> 0.05) did not differ, and in 2021 statistically significant (p <0.05) most students of NUFVSU remembered the need to maintain the ergonomically optimal posture of the PC user and performed such sets of physical exercises than among KNEU students. It was found that among the students of NUFVSU statistically significant (p <0.05) a larger proportion is systematically engaged in health-improving motor activity and cares about health while working on the PC compared to students of KNEU. Also statistically significant (p <0.05), a higher percentage of NUFVSU students indicate the absence of discomfort in the spine after prolonged work on the PC.

In the recent period, students of institutions of higher education (HEI) carry out educational activities with the help of remote forms of education, which is an unfavorable factor that encourages them to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Scientists testify that the motor activity of modern student youth is decreasing. However, for now, there is a lack of basic scientific investigations that would cover a long period of time, which determined the choice of the research topic. The purpose of the study was to study and analyze the dynamics of motor activity of students of higher education in the conditions of distance learning. 1528 applicants of higher education of Ukraine participated in the study, which lasted from 2019 to 2023, of which 45.2% were students. The average scores of students' motor activity during the research period were determined and the dynamics of the indicator were studied in distance learning conditions, depending on gender. It was established that regardless of gender, in 2020 there was a sharp decrease in the physical activity of students of higher education institutions due to quarantine restrictions. In 2021, student youth adapted to the difficult conditions of life and the level of their motor activity increased to the indicators of 2019. At the same time, the beginning of hostilities on the territory of the country was marked by a significant decrease in motor activity, which, unfortunately, continues. Despite a similar trend in the dynamics of motor activity, in 2023, the assessment of motor activity did not differ statistically significantly (p>0.05) compared to 2022, and in female students it decreased statistically significantly (p<0.05). It was determined that the share of students with signs of hypodynamia against the background of continuing distance learning and deteriorating living conditions is increasing and in 2023 reached 43.1% among male students and 60.1% among female students. Consequently, adverse living conditions in general and distance learning in particular increase the risk of developing hypodynamia in students of higher education. It is necessary to develop and implement measures aimed at overcoming the negative tendency to decrease the physical activity of students of higher education.

The purpose of the study was to estimate the effect of swimming lessons in a school sports club on the initial swimming fitness of primary school-aged children. Materials and methods. The study participants were 73 primary school-aged children (‘Sportrend’ school sports swimming club). The study used theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature, the system of control exercises by O. Obrazhei revised taking into account the contingent of the research to assess the swimming fitness of primary school students under the conditions of a school sports club, and methods of mathematical statistics. Results. We propose a methodology for assessing the swimming readiness of younger schoolchildren under the conditions of a school sports club. The growth rate of such indicators as reaction to the unsupported position in the water and underwater breath-holding turned out to be lower compared to other indicators. At the same time, the rates of face submersion in the water and squatting in the water increased. The increase in initial swimming skills in children was 49.3% at the control stage compared to the baseline, and the average growth rate was 22.2%. In the assessment of children’s initial skills at the end of the training compared to the beginning, the maximum average rate of increase was recorded for the ability to push off and slide (30.1%), the ability to perform a star float (27.4%), and squatting in the water (26.4%), thus swimming lessons have a positive effect on the initial swimming readiness of junior school students. Conclusions. Statistically significant (p<0.05) improvement of primary school students’ results on control exercises at all stages of diagnostics of their initial swimming skills formation confirms the positive effect of swimming lessons in a school sports club.