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Methods: Seventeen physically inactive women aged over 65 years participated in a six-week functional training program consisting of aerobic, resistance, balance, coordination, and proprioceptive exercises performed twice weekly. Body composition, handgrip strength, and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) scores were assessed before and after the intervention. In addition, serum antioxidant enzyme activities, total antioxidant capacity, lipid peroxidation markers, nitrite\/nitrate concentrations, and phagocyte oxidative burst activity were determined. Results: Following the intervention, improvements were observed in skeletal muscle mass, muscle percentage, handgrip strength, and SPPB scores, while body fat mass and body fat percentage decreased. Catalase activity increased, whereas superoxide dismutase activity, glutathione peroxidase activity, and lipid peroxidation markers remained unchanged. Serum nitrite\/nitrate concentrations increased following the intervention. Although neutrophil counts did not change, phagocyte oxidative burst activity decreased significantly. Conclusions: These findings indicate that a six-week multimodal functional exercise program was associated with favourable changes in body composition, enhanced muscle strength, and improved functional performance in previously inactive older women. In parallel, favourable changes in antioxidant defence, nitric oxide metabolism, and immune-related redox regulation were also observed following the intervention, supporting the potential role of multimodal functional training as an effective non-pharmacological strategy for promoting healthy ageing.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medsci14050538","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]],"date-time":"2026-09-01T08:31:13Z","timestamp":1788251473000},"page":"538","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Six-Week Multimodal Functional Training Program Improves Physical Function and Modulates Redox Homeostasis in Older Women"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8843-190X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00e1bor","family":"Papp","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"},{"name":"Division of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Attila Csaba","family":"Arany","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"},{"name":"Doctoral School of Medical Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9098-3869","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00c1d\u00e1m","family":"Di\u00f3s","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2466-3971","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00c1gnes","family":"Gyetvai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Nagy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8261-8626","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zolt\u00e1n","family":"Csiki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7811-6949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"L\u00e1szl\u00f3","family":"Balogh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101000","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arr.2019.101000","article-title":"The Effect of Ageing on the Resolution of Inflammation","volume":"57","author":"Sendama","year":"2020","journal-title":"Ageing Res. 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