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Areas of interest ;  frailty, falls, dementia, hip fractures, hypotensive disorder, stroke in the elderly.

Ageing and Age-Associated Disorder Research Group

The Aging and Age Associated Disorder Research Group (also called the aging group), was formed in 2012, in order to promote interdisciplinary research. While members of the geriatric team are integral to this group. Our research is conducted in collaboration with emergency medicine, dentistry, nursing studies, orthopaedics, cardiology, urology, rehabilitation medicine, paediatrics, pharmacy, pharmacology, public health, endocrinology, biomedical imaging, ophthalmology, gynaecology, computer science, languages, education, economics, law and biomedical engineering.

External & International linkages

Institute of Gerontology, UPM
Community Rehabilitation & Ageing Research Center (H-CARE), UKM
Collabrative Drug Discovery Research (CDDR) Group, UiTM Perdana University / Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Curtin University, Australia
University of Sydney, Australia
Newcastle University, UK
University of Aberdeen, UK
University of Liverpool, UK
North Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Clinical trials

National

1
Coordinator-based Smartapp Assisted Intervention to Reduce Re-admission to Hospital: A pilot Study.
2
Big Data Protection of Cognitive Frailty.
3
 Skeletal Muscle Function Changes in Response to Graded Physical Activity Intensity in Hospital Among Older People: Development and Feasibility Interventions Study.
4
Predictors of Progression From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia.
5
Virtual Consultations for Older Malaysians.
6
Physical Activity and Psychological Status After Falls.
7
Health Literacy Among Older Adults-understanding The User Requirement for the Artificial Intelligence (ai) Based Health Management App.
8
Multimodal Assessment of Cerebral Autoregulation and Potential Application of Pharmacological Agents in Improving Cerebral Autoregulation.
9
Hip Fractures in teh elderly.
10 A visual Based Cognitive Assessment Tool (VCAT) for the Early Diagnosis of Dementia in Multilingual Asian Population.

International

1
Prospective Evaluation of Antibody Response Post Covid-19 Vaccination in Malaysian Older Persons > 60 Years Old (Pearl 60)
2
Dementia Prevention and Enhanced Care (DePEC).
3
Promoting Independence in Our Seniors with Arthritis. 
4
 AB09004 Masitinib Study.
5
 TRX-237-015 Study (tAUrX EXTENDED)
6
HIp Attack.

Last Update: 23/10/2024