Manual Therapy in Postoperative Breast Cancer

University of Campinas, Brazil

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Axillary Lymph Node Dissection; Shoulder Joint Limitation

Treatments: Other: manual therapy, kinesiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01142141

095/2006

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effectiveness of manual therapy (joint mobilization and massage) combined with kinesiotherapy in women with impaired range of motion after axillary lymph node dissection due to breast cancer regarding the recovery of shoulder range of motion and functionality of the upper limb.

Enrollment: 136 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• surgery of breast cancer at University of Campinas
• axillary lymph node dissection
• injury of shoulder range of motion

Exclusion criteria

• bilateral surgery
• previous radiotherapy
• bone metastasis in homolateral upper limb
• axillary web syndrome

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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136 participants in 1 patient group

Manual therapy, kinesiotherapy

Other group

Treatment:

Other: manual therapy, kinesiotherapy