ATIVIDADE E EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO NA DISFUNÇÃO SEXUAL: REVISÃO BIBLIOGRÁFICA

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.94724191112

• Palavras-chave: Atividade, Exercício Físico e Disfunção Sexual.

• Keywords: Activity, Physical Exercise and Sexual Dysfunction.

• Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to conduct a literature review on the importance of Physical Activity and Exercise in Sexual Dysfunction. Physiological changes manifest more expressively in old age, this can influence the sexuality of men and women, sexual life can be hampered by some factors like flaccid erection, reduction of pre-ejaculatory fluid, erectile dysfunction, lack of sexual desire and etc. . We used the following keywords: Activity, Physical Exercise and Sexual Dysfunction. We used the following keywords: PubMed, Lilacs, Scielo and Google Academic, published in the period from 2007 to 2017. The searches in the databases resulted in the identification of 54 (fifty-four) studies, 29 (twenty-nine) were discarded because they did not present the full version and 16 (sixteen) because they fled the subject, so that for this study of 9 (nine) studies that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were used. As conclusion it was possible to visualize that the most prevalent sexual dysfunction in the middle aged and elderly public was erectile dysfunction, showing that there is a concern with erection in the sexual life of the man. Already, female sexual dysfunctions seem to be more related to the way they view sexuality, reproduction and body perception, factors that influence sexual availability. Thus the activity and physical exercise act as tools in the treatment of several pathologies, not being different for those involving human sexuality. The change in lifestyle, with better nutrition and physical movement have proved indispensable in disease prevention and improvement in quality of life and sexual dysfunction.