2015-02-092015-02-092014MALAQUIAS, Andréia de Sousa. Treinamento funcional na melhoria da capacidade física e funcional para o idoso. 2014. 34 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação)-Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goianésia, 2014.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/4532With the increase in the elderly population has been a concern that this same population will age with better health by getting a better quality of life , while also maintaining good health both physical and mental , can enjoy improvement in day- to-day and general affairs . The physical activities in addition to being a means of inclusion, are also influenced , directly, the overall quality of physical factors like decreased motor functions : strength, balance and flexibility . Because of this decline , the objective is to show that functional training can help improve the overall quality of life of the elderly and the performance of their activities to be performed , thus strengthening the body completely, rescuing , integrating and retrieving their physical and functional and increasing the efficiency of motion capabilities. It can be concluded from this work that functional training is a tool in the hands of grand power physical educator, functional exercises are similar to the " activities of daily living " , softening the loss of strength , balance and flexibility , can improve these capabilities influencing directly to enhancing the quality of life of elderly general.porAcesso abertoTreinamento funcionalCapacidade físicaCapacidade funcionalIdosoEnvelhecimentoMonografia