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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Hypotheses. 2020 Apr 9;141:109732. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109732

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Schematic illustration highlighting a maladaptive cycle attributed to age-related shifts in physiological function. *Note the attendant consequences of systemic deconditioning often correspond with endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffening, both of which, adversely affect cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle contractility, and metabolic health.