Probiotic effects as therapeutic anti-stress treatment for athletes under the influence of stress and anxiety on gut microbiota: A Brief Review

Authors

  • Dulce Blum-Menezes Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil 2Head of Physical Activity and Sports Science Master Program, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, CHILE Author
  • Fábio Dal Bello Author
  • Michele Andrade de Brito Duarte Physical Education Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil 6School of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author
  • Charles Couto Physical Education Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil 6School of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author
  • Ciro José Brito Physical Education Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil 6School of Physical Education and Sports, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author
  • Bianca Miarka Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2019.01086

Keywords:

microbiome, microbiota, sport psychology, prebiotics, nutritional sciences

Abstract

The aim of this study is to review and discuss the probiotic effects as therapeutic treatment under the influence of stress on gut microbiota. A comprehensive search of the literature was electronically performed in the PubMed/Medline, ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus and The Cochrane Library databases from their inception up to June 2018, using various combinations of the following keywords: ‘Probiotic’, ‘Prebiotics’, ‘Gut microbiota’ combined with ‘sport psychology’, ‘athletes’, ‘stress’ and ‘anxiety’. Furthermore, references cited in these articles were considered in the case of limited information regarding specific topics. In addition, one book chapter on sport psychology dealing with sports medicine aspects as well as prebiotics and gut microbiota were also considered. An additional study using specialized terminology associated to the keywords ‘psychology’, ‘mood states’ or ‘anxiety disease’ was performed for particular chapters of this review.

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Published

2019-03-31

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2019): JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

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Original Article

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Probiotic effects as therapeutic anti-stress treatment for athletes under the influence of stress and anxiety on gut microbiota: A Brief Review. (2019). Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 19(1), 586-593. https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2019.01086