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InfluĂȘncia da cavidade oral na performance desportiva
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A influĂȘncia da cavidade oral na performance desportiva Ă© um tema atual e crescendo em importĂąncia. Devido a uma sociedade cada vez mais especializada e competitiva a procura de formas que produzam vantagens perante os concorrentes Ă© cada vez maior. A cavidade oral, devido Ă sua importĂąncia e papel em relação ao organismo como um todo, tem o potencial de provocar alteraçÔes sistĂ©micas que melhoram o rendimento do atleta.
Neste trabalho de revisĂŁo bibliogrĂĄfica pretendeu-se (1) reunir as informaçÔes atuais sobre o efeito da cavidade oral no organismo, (2) definir as causas e consequĂȘncias deste mesmo efeito, (3) providenciar uma noção geral de como a cavidade oral interage com o resto do corpo e (4) demonstrar, utilizando estudos cientĂficos, que a cavidade oral afeta o funcionamento do corpo e consequentemente o rendimento desportivo.
Num mundo cada vez mais competitivo e especializado, existe uma constante procura pela perfeição. No desporto o mesmo acontece com a agravante que esta procura depende de um sistema (corpo humano) imperfeito e em constante adaptação. Dentro da comunidade desportiva, existe cada vez maior ĂȘnfase na importĂąncia de uma âboca sĂŁ para um corpo sĂŁoâ, sendo que esta comunidade se encontra cada vez mais alertada para a influĂȘncia da cavidade oral no rendimento desportivo. Notam-se cada vez mais clubes e federaçÔes a exigirem que os atletas sejam observados por um MĂ©dico Dentista. Embora estas exigĂȘncias sejam encorajadoras para o futuro da medicina dentĂĄria desportiva, muitas delas sĂŁo efetuadas por razĂ”es burocrĂĄticas e sem um verdadeiro conhecimento da importĂąncia da cavidade oral no rendimento desportivo. Neste trabalho procura-se entender se a cavidade oral tem a capacidade de afetar e/ou melhorar o rendimento desportivo.
A literatura consultada permitiu aferir as seguintes conclusĂ”es: a cavidade oral afeta o rendimento desportivo, uma vez que alteraçÔes na mesma se fazem sentir em diversos sistemas corporais como o sistema vestibular, oculomotor e somĂĄtico; o sistema estomatognĂĄtico tem uma relação recĂproca com estes sistemas em que a manutenção do equilĂbrio Ă© modulada por estes; a cavidade oral tambĂ©m afeta a postura corporal que por sua vez Ă© essencial para um correto funcionamento do corpo pelo que o sistema estomatognĂĄtico afeta tambĂ©m a musculatura. Teorias recentes referem que uma musculatura craniocervical afetada pode ser precursora para alteraçÔes e estĂmulos dolorosos noutras zonas do corpo; o sistema lĂmbico Ă© tambĂ©m afetado pela cavidade oral, consequentemente afetando o rendimento desportivo, tanto pela vertente emocional associada ao sistema lĂmbico, como pela estimulação do mecanismo de stresse e ativação da cascata hipotalĂąmica-hipofisĂĄria-adrenal.
The influence of the oral cavity on athletic performance is a modern and growing topic. The search for an advantage in relation to the opposition is growing in importance each and every due to the fact that we are living in a more competitive and specialized society. Because of its influence and the role it plays in the organism, the oral cavity has the potential to provide such advantages and improve the overall performance of athletes. This bibliographic review aimed at: (1) collecting information on the effects of the oral cavity on the organism, (2) defining the causes and consequences of these same effects, (3) providing a general notion of how the oral cavity interacts and alters the rest of the body, (4) showing, by the use of scientific studies, that the oral cavity alters the functioning of the body and consequently the athletic performance. In the more competitive and specialized world we live now, there is a constant request and need for perfection. With a flawed and constantly adapting system (that is our body), the same search for perfection is asked of athletes. Within the sports community there is a common notion that an healthy mouth is important and leads to an healthy body. The importance and influence that the oral cavity has on the overall well-being is a common notion and we see that clubs and leagues require athletes to have regular dental screenings. Although these measures are encouraging for the future of sports dental medicine, a lot of them are enforced for bureaucratic reasons and with no real knowledge of its importance on the athletic performance. In this paper, we will seek to understand and show how the oral cavity has the ability to affect and/or improve the performance of athletes. The reviewed literature allowed the following conclusions: the oral cavity does in fact affect athletic ability, and this affect comes from its interactions with several systems such as the vestibular, oculomotor and somatic system; these have a reciprocal relationship with the stomatognathic system and modulate balance control; the oral cavity also affects the bodyâs posture which in turn is essential for the correct functioning of the body, and logically, the stomatognathic system also affects the muscular system. Recent theories hypothesize that affected craniocervical musculature may be the precursor for changes and painful stimuli in other areas of the body; the oral cavity also alters the limbic system which affects the emotional responses, stimulates the stress release mechanism and activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
The influence of the oral cavity on athletic performance is a modern and growing topic. The search for an advantage in relation to the opposition is growing in importance each and every due to the fact that we are living in a more competitive and specialized society. Because of its influence and the role it plays in the organism, the oral cavity has the potential to provide such advantages and improve the overall performance of athletes. This bibliographic review aimed at: (1) collecting information on the effects of the oral cavity on the organism, (2) defining the causes and consequences of these same effects, (3) providing a general notion of how the oral cavity interacts and alters the rest of the body, (4) showing, by the use of scientific studies, that the oral cavity alters the functioning of the body and consequently the athletic performance. In the more competitive and specialized world we live now, there is a constant request and need for perfection. With a flawed and constantly adapting system (that is our body), the same search for perfection is asked of athletes. Within the sports community there is a common notion that an healthy mouth is important and leads to an healthy body. The importance and influence that the oral cavity has on the overall well-being is a common notion and we see that clubs and leagues require athletes to have regular dental screenings. Although these measures are encouraging for the future of sports dental medicine, a lot of them are enforced for bureaucratic reasons and with no real knowledge of its importance on the athletic performance. In this paper, we will seek to understand and show how the oral cavity has the ability to affect and/or improve the performance of athletes. The reviewed literature allowed the following conclusions: the oral cavity does in fact affect athletic ability, and this affect comes from its interactions with several systems such as the vestibular, oculomotor and somatic system; these have a reciprocal relationship with the stomatognathic system and modulate balance control; the oral cavity also affects the bodyâs posture which in turn is essential for the correct functioning of the body, and logically, the stomatognathic system also affects the muscular system. Recent theories hypothesize that affected craniocervical musculature may be the precursor for changes and painful stimuli in other areas of the body; the oral cavity also alters the limbic system which affects the emotional responses, stimulates the stress release mechanism and activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.