The potential benefits of assessing post-cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in aging: a narrative review

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  Fig. 1. Variables that can be analyzed post-CPET, for the study of systemic function during post-exercise

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  Fig. 2. An example of a typical EPOC absolute measurements (red boxes and arrows: magnitude, duration, and area under curve) and the proposed recovery threshold measurements (blue boxes and arrows: anaerobic and aerobic recovery thresholds)

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  Fig. 3. Schematic illustration plots of ˙V̇CO2 against V̇O2 a during exercise and b post-exercise of a younger female adult, and c during exercise and d post-exercise of a middle-aged female adult e hypothetical 3-dimensional graph across time (during CPET and post-CPET), comparing one younger and one middle-aged adults, where a to d are expressed in a 3-dimensional graph across time (illustration not drawn to scale). Dotted lines represent aerobic threshold of a younger (a; blue dotted line) and a middle-aged adult (c; red dotted line). Proposed recovery aerobic threshold of a younger (b; blue dotted line) and a middle-aged female adult (d; red dotted line) (unpublished results)