Intercostal Mulligan Moblization Post Mastectomy

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Post Mastectomy Complications

Treatments: Other: Exercise; Other: Intercostal mulligan mobilization with shoulder abduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07181980

P.T.REC/012/005413

Details and patient eligibility

About

the study is to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of intercostal mulligan Mobilization in decreasing pain and improve ROM for shoulder dysfunction Patients post mastectomy.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients post modified radical mastectomy at least 3 months prior and had a limited ROM in abduction.
• Patients post mastectomy with lateral chest wall pain.
• Age ranges between 40-60 years.
• All patients had informed written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Receiving any previous rehabilitation programs for the upper extremities
• The presence of any type of metastases
• The presence of lymphedema
• Bilateral breast cancer surgery
• Locoregional recurrence
• Withdrawal of the consent at any time during the study for any reason

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

intercostal mulligan moblization

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Intercostal mulligan mobilization with shoulder abduction

Other: Exercise

control group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise