Does Increased Strength and Power Improve Functional Ability in Healthy Elderly Women?

Effects of Resistance Training on Strength, Power, and Selected Functional Abilities of Women Aged 75 and Older

“…Strict health criteria were chosen so that the results would be free of any effect of disease on strength or on the response to strength training and to avoid any possible interactions of different disease states with the response to training. Findings have been reported in abstract form 9,10 …”