Physiotherapy Program for Breast Cancer Women Following Surgery: A Pilot Clinical Trial

King Fahad Medical City

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04894565

18-115

Details and patient eligibility

About

pilot study on physical therapy in women with breast cancer immediately following surgery

Full description

A pilot, single-arm non-randomized clinical trial was conducted between the period September 2018 and June 2019 on a convenient sample of BC women. Primary study outcomes were pain, disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), handgrip strength, and quality of life (QoL). The secondary outcome was to assess the feasibility of this pilot study. All outcomes were recorded at three time- intervals (T0=day 1 post-operation), (T1=day 30), and (T1=day 90) under standardized conditions. The interventions were delivered by the physiotherapist early within 24 hours post-operatively, T1, and T2. In addition, home-based exercise was provided with written instructions during hospitalization with rehearsal sessions to ensure the patient's understanding and compliance

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women with breast cancer who require surgical resection

Exclusion criteria

• in ability to undergo 3 months of physical therapy program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 1 patient group

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

effect of rehabilitation program in the intervention arm

Treatment:

Procedure: rehabilitation