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Healthy Older Adult and Healthy 35 Year Old
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The physical assessments of the older adults show a significant difference to that of
healthy 35-years old adults. As people grow old, numerous changes occur, resulting in physical
changes, and thus physical assessments need to be done at the correct time to ensure health and
quality of life in old age. Some of the physical changes in old age are the muscular skeleton
system affected by the bones' weakening (Murray et al., 2018). As people age, they tend to lose
muscle mass, strength, and physical function, resulting in sarcopenia. This is quite different with
the healthy adults of 35-years old that, on many occasions, still have the whole muscle strength
and mass, enabling them to perform many daily activities. The second physical assessment
difference between healthy adults aged 35 and old adults will be related to physical appearances.