METHOD FOR MEDICO-PHYSIOLOGICAL SELECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE CAPABLE OF DOING HARD PHYSICAL WORK Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: this method prescribes measuring height and mass of candidate's body and determining muscular force of both hands and working capacity, alongside with assessment of health status according to PWC₁₇₀ based on results of medical examination mandatory for those applying for physical job and then calculating minimum and maximum aggregate levels of applicant's functionability based on obtained results using following equation: . Applicant can be allowed to do hard physical work provided that D_Amin>0 or D_Amin≅ 0,05 D_min/max and there are no medical contraindications. Should any of these conditions be not satisfied, applicant cannot be allowed to heavy physical labor even though no medical contraindications are detected. EFFECT: higher accuracy. 2 tbl