| Sumario: | Cross-sectional study. To evaluate the relationship between agility and personal factors, muscle strength and power, mobility, self-reported balance and physical activity among older men. Agility was measured by using the Agility Test for Adults (ATA). We studied 100 Finnish male former elite athletes (endurance n = 50; power n = 50) and 50 matched controls aged 66 to 91 years (mean age 75.5 years). The associations between agility and other variables were similar between three groups; thus, multiple linear regression analyses were done by using the pooled data of the participants. On the basis of multiple linear regression analyses, combination of age (p =.02), self-reported Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale (ABC scale), jumping height (p =.001) and self-rated health explained 26% of the variance in execution time of ATA (R2 = 0.26; p =.000002) among elderly men. Power of lower extremities and age were the main determinants of the results of ATA in a cohort of men aged 66–91 years. From a clinical point of view, power of lower extremities measured by test demanding explosive power plays an important role to maintain or enhance capacity of agility.
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