Effects of a Videogame-based Program on Women With Lymphedema Secondary to Breast Cancer

Universidad de Burgos

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lymphedema; Breastcancer

Treatments: Other: video game program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02958332

CB-MSV-19-09-2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aims: To demonstrate the effect of a program based on video games as a means to improve abilities and basic skills affected by lymphedema, and its impact on quality of life.

Design: longitudinal, pre-experimental, with pre / post-test and evaluation, assessor blinded study.

Method: Data on shoulder pain and disability, health-related quality of life, strength and articulate activated by the OSS (Oxford Shoulder Score), SPADI (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index), FACT-B + 4 (Functional Assesment of Cancer Therapy Questionnaire for Breast Cancer), respectively goniometry and dynamometry amplitude scales will be collected.

The intervention will be performed with the Wii ™ console and the Wii Balance BoardTM, during 5 individual weekly sessions of 30 minutes.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be over 18 years
• Have a diagnosis of lymphedema, secondary to breast cancer

Exclusion criteria

• Stage 0 or subclinical lymphedema
• Present other shoulder pathology apart from lymphedema

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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11 participants in 1 patient group

video game program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will play video games during 30 min , all along 5 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: video game program