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Functional Resilience Measurement

Meaning

Functional resilience measurement is the clinical quantification of an organism’s capacity to maintain or rapidly return to a state of stable physiological function following a disruptive external or internal stressor. This measurement moves beyond simple baseline health indicators to assess the dynamic reserve of key systems, such as the cardiovascular, metabolic, or neurocognitive axes. High functional resilience is a hallmark of youth and robust healthspan, indicating a superior ability to withstand and recover from illness, injury, or chronic stress. Clinically, this is often evaluated by challenging the system and observing the recovery kinetics.