Question

Marilyn is an active 72-year-old who was recently injured in a motor vehicle accident, requiring surgery. How does her active lifestyle influence her recovery?
	Aerobic capacity improves her ability to participate in physical therapy. Muscle tissue acts as a shock absorber and reduced the severity of her fractures. Muscle tissue increases energy expenditure, increasing the rate of healing. Muscle tissue proteins can be used for healing her injury.

Answer 1

Since Marilyn is an active individual, she definitely has good proportion of muscles in her body, these muscle tissues will increase her energy expenditure and thereby increasing the rate of healing.
After the surgery, she can do the physiotherapy exercise more efficiently which further helps in increasing the rate of healing.
also, the proteins present in the muscles helps in healing the injury faster.
Overall, her active lifestyle influences her recovery positively.