Domiciliary Physiotherapy in Women Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer Radiation

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Frozen Shoulder,

Treatments: Other: evaluations; Procedure: Protocol of physiotherapy exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01940107

hhacarra

Details and patient eligibility

About

To observe the effect of domiciliary physiotherapy on the upper limb applied during the period of radiotherapy in women submitted to surgical and radiotherapy for breast cancer. The parameters evaluated were: shoulder range of movement (ROM) and arm circumference. There was significant difference between the ipsilateral and contralateral limbs for flexion, abduction and external rotation. There was no difference in perimetry in either group

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer;
• be submitted to surgical and radiation treatment as part of the treatment for breast cancer.

Exclusion criteria

• patients with neurological or orthopedic diseases that could impair the upper limb movements
• bilateral breast cancer;
• prior thoracic radiotherapy;
• presence of distant metastasis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group (CG)

Other group

Description:

Control Group, which were subjected only to evaluations and to no exercise

Treatment:

Other: evaluations

Study Group (SG)

Experimental group

Description:

Study group (SG), was oriented to perform domiciliary exercises for the upper limbs.

Treatment:

Procedure: Protocol of physiotherapy exercises