Limited Versus No-limited Shoulder Movement in Breast Cancer Surgery (exercise)

Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Brazil

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Neoplasms

Treatments: Other: No limited movement after surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03796845

Shoulder exercise cancer

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized clinical trial that will include women aged 18 or older, submitted a curative surgery for breast cancer at Hospital do Câncer III (HCIII-INCA). Patients will be allocated into two groups: Intervention (upper limbs no-limited movement with amplitude above 90º for flexion and abduction of shoulder) and Control (upper limbs limited movement at maximum 90º amplitude flexion and abduction of shoulder, until withdrawal surgical points). Sociodemographic and clinical data will be collected through interviews, questionnaires and electronic and physical records. The outcomes will be incidence of operative wound complications, like edema, joint restraint, winged scapula, pain, axillary web syndrome through the physical examination, performed by the nursing and physiotherapy team throughout the intervention period, ending in the 30-day post-operatory.

Full description

Breast cancer treatment has been accompanying advances in technology, surgeries are more conservative, however postoperative complications are still observed. At early postoperative period, the most common operative wound complications are seroma, infection and necrosis. Shoulder dysfunctions are a frequent complication and difficult women to return to their activities. There is no consensus regarding the onset and type of exercise in postoperative period. Thus, the objective of this study is to compare the active no-limited mobilization with limited mobilization in the immediate post operatory at the incidence of wound complications in women submitted to surgery for the treatment of breast cancer.

It's a randomized clinical trial that will include women aged 18 years or older, submitted a curative surgery for breast cancer at Hospital do Câncer III (HCIII-INCA) located in Rio de Janeiro. All patients admitted for surgical treatment at the institution and during the study period will be evaluated for eligibility criteria. Those considered eligible for the study will be clarified regarding the objectives, treatment groups, adverse effects and non-compulsory participation of the study. Upon acceptance to participate, they will be allocated to the respective intervention groups. Group 1 - upper limbs no-limited movement with amplitude above 90º for flexion and abduction of shoulder; Group 2 - upper limbs limited movement at maximum 90º amplitude flexion and abduction of shoulder, until withdrawal surgical points.

Enrollment: 465 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged 18 and over;
• Indication of curative surgical treatment for breast cancer axillary approach at Hospital do Câncer III / INCA.

Exclusion criteria

• Bilateral breast cancer;
• Surgical treatment and / or previous radiotherapy for breast cancer;
• Reconstruction surgery;
• Functional alteration in upper limbs prior to diagnosis of breast cancer;
• Illiterate women who are not able to read and complete the protocol of adhesion;
• Women who are not able to answer questions clearly;
• Age over 80.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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465 participants in 2 patient groups

No-limited movement after surgery

Experimental group

Description:

Participants should move their arms from the first postoperative day, with unrestricted movement, with an amplitude above 90º for flexion and abduction of shoulder.

Treatment:

Other: No limited movement after surgery

Limited movement after surgery

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants should move their arms with restricted movements on the first postoperative day, with maximum amplitude of 90º for flexion and abduction of the shoulder, until withdrawal surgical points. Actual hospital's routine.

Treatment:

Other: No limited movement after surgery