Animal Physiology (SMBB3273) Reflection
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Activity info: To identify the geriatric physical disability of our subject and to provide strategies on how to improve the subject's movements.
Date: 28th December 2020 - 3rd January 2021
Group: E (section 1)
Team members:
1. Khayrin Ilyana bt Mohd Lotfi
2. Muhammad Rusyaidi Bin Rosli
3. Muthiah Nuri Rahmani
4. Soo Pei Sin
5. Yong Jia Yi
Lecturer: Dr. Saleha binti Shahar
Mini report:
On 28th December 2020, our lecturer, Dr. Saleha binti Shahar gave us a task on finding out about the geriatric physical disabilities of an elderly. Since we were all stuck at home during this PKP, one of our members, Soo Pei Sin got her aunty at her hometown to cooperate- and she got a recording of her grandmother (subject) trying to stand up from a sitting position on a chair.
We observed the disabilities of her movements from moving like a normal healthy person would. The subject explained that there is no pain occurrence at all during her movements, so we ruled out any joint inflammation cause. Besides, from our observation, her legs are relatively much smaller than her other body parts- meaning she has low muscle mass. Therefore, we looked for the muscle activity during the sit-to-stand motion to find out what muscles that are mostly involved- the exact low muscle mass that the subject is experiencing. After identifying the problems, we provided solutions that can be applied in the subject's situation in the aim for her to regain easy mobility.
All of our discussions resulted in these materials (infographic & video link) that we had done as a summarization.
The link: Infographic & Video of Geriatric Physical Disability