Uso del mindfulness sobre indicadores de estrés en deportistas durante la etapa competitiva: Revisión sistemática

Abstract

espanolEl mindfulness es una practica meditativa que ha probado disminuir el estres psicofisiologico. Proposito: analizar, si el mindfulness es efectivo para disminuir el estres psicofisiologico, en deportistas de alto rendimiento en temporada competitiva. Se realizo una busqueda de estudios clinicos que incluyeran diferentes tecnicas meditativas para la reduccion del estres en deportistas durante la fase competitiva. En PubMed, Scopus y Web of Science (1985 al 10 de agosto del 2019), se buscaron las combinaciones de palabras mindfulness, meditation, yoga, sport, athlete, intervention, stress, cortisol. Se localizaron solo siete trabajos, tres de ellos con informacion cuantitativa, un cuantitativo y tres de metodologia mixta. En los siete estudios encontrados (153 sujetos; 134 hombres y 19 mujeres) sus autores mencionan que el mindfulness fue efectivo para la reduccion del estres en los atletas durante la etapa competitiva. EnglishMindfulness is a meditative practice that has proven to reduce psycho-physiological stress. Purpose: Analyze if mindfulness is effective to reduce psycho-physiological stress in athletes in competitive season. We searched for clinical studies that included different meditative techniques for stress reduction in athletes during the competitive phase in databases in PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science (1985 to August 10, 2019), the combinations of words mindfulness, meditation, yoga, sport, athlete, intervention, stress, and cortisol. Only seven papers were located, three of them with quantitative design, one as quantitative and three with mixed methodology. In the seven studies founded (153 subjects; 134 men and 19 women) their authors mention that mindfulness was effective for reducing stress in athletes during the competitive season.