Author:

• Brenda Natally Soares Furtado - Furtado, B. N. S. - <brenda.natallt@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-8799

Co-author(s):

• Ricardo Alves de Olinda - Olinda, R. A. de - <ricardo.estat@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0509-8428
• Gabriela Maria Cavalcanti Costa - Costa, G.M.C. - João Pessoa, - <gabrielamccost@gmail.com, gabymcc@bol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-003-4466-6886
• TARCIANA NOBRE DE MENEZES - Menezes, T. N. - <tnmenezes@yahoo.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1784-3218

Abstract:

It was aimed to asses the factors related to the physical capacity of upper and lower limbs in quilombola elderly people. Cross-sectional, analytic study, performed with elderly residents in the quilombola community Caiana dos Crioulos, Alagoa Grande, PB, Brazil. The researched dependent variables were the physical capacity of upper and lower limbs. It was performed the Spearman correlation and multiple and linear simple regression (IC95%; p

Keywords:

Health of the Elderly. Physical functional performance. Ethnic groups. African Continental Ancestry Group.

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