Abstract
In recent years, with the change of age structure in the population, aging has become a very important issue worthy to pay attention to in the society nowadays. Besides, cases of the elderly suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia have been increasingly reported. Consequently, more and more people concern how to enhance cognitive function of the elderly. Some researches have demonstrated that exercising or the intervention of physical activities did have beneficial enhancement on the cognitive function for the senior adults and these studies were done based on the perspective of the aerobic-based exercise training instead of resistance training. In fact, resistance training seems have positive effects on the cognitive capacities of the seniors as well. Therefore, the purpose of this review aimed to explore the sound effects of resistance training on the cognition of the elderly through literature review to summarize the principles of how to maintain or enhance the cognitive function of the senior adults with the effective resistance training. The suggested prescription of resistance training can be referenced by exercise advisors.