OBJECTIVE: To analyze the influence of lower limb muscle strength and muscle power training on rate of force development (RFD) and peak force (PF) in elderly people with Parkinson's disease (PD), as well as the effect of these training sessions influence on the functional mobility (FM) of this population. METHODS: This was a randomized controlled clinical trial and registered on the virtual platform for registration of experimental and non-experimental studies "Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos (ReBEC)". Thirty four elderly people of both genders without and with PD were divided into four groups: strength training control (GSC, RESULTS: The repeated measures ANOVA test showed a significant difference for PF, RFD and FM regardless of training type. CONCLUSION: The proposed muscle strength and muscle power training protocols influenced the increase in RFD, PF and FM of all participants
however, the increase in RFD in the first 200 ms was more pronounced in the groups submitted to power training and the increase in PF was more pronounced in the groups submitted to strength training.