The Relationship between Exercise and Salivary Oxidative Stress: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Salivary content has been reported as a potential biomarker for oxidative stress assessments especially in context of exercise-induced oxidative stress. This systematic review following PRISMA guidelines aimed to evaluate the effects of physical exercise and changes promoted in oxidative stress identified in saliva.

Methods

Studies published up to May 2022 were searched in online databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, LILACS, OpenGrey, and Google Scholar). Risk of bias evaluation were performed using the Quality Assessment Tool for Before-After (Pre-Post) Studies with No Control Group.

Results

A total of 473 references were identified and 22 considered eligible. In this case 14 studies reported increase of antioxidant parameters in saliva while eight

SUBMITTER: Alves RCC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9405445 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature