The Effect of Myofascial Release Exercises on Viscoelastic Changes of the Pectoralis Major Muscle, Pain, Range of Motion and Shoulder Functionality in Individuals Receiving Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Breast Cancer Surgery

Acibadem University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Treatments

Other: Exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06764394

ATADEK 2024-19/733

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chemotherapy, hormone therapy and radiotherapy used in the treatment of breast cancer try to prevent the recurrence of cancer. In addition to the benefits of radiotherapy, such as a decrease in recurrence and an increase in long-term survival, it may have side effects that may affect the well-being and daily life activities of patients. One of the treatment modalities used to cope with treatment-related side effects is myofascial release exercises. Myofascial release exercises can help reduce adhesions caused by scar tissue and fibrosis caused by radiation. In the literature, there is no study investigating the effect of myofascial release exercises on pectoralis major muscle viscoelastic structure. For this purpose, our study aims to investigate the effect of myofascial release exercises performed in addition to home exercise programme on pectoralis major muscle viscoelastic structure, pain, range of motion and shoulder functionality.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Stage I-II-III defined by radiation oncologists after breast cancer surgery and who will start radiotherapy
Breast conserving surgery or total mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection during surgery
No neurological or orthopaedic problems that may limit the range of motion of the shoulder joint in the preoperative evaluations,
Individuals who volunteer to participate in the study will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Previous breast clamp surgery on the same side or contralateral side,
With a metastatic cancer focus,
Post-surgical resistance, infection and open wound, pacemaker,
Patients with a Mini Mental State Examination test score of less than 21 will be excluded from the study.