The Effects of Dance for Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment

AC Camargo Cancer Center

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Treatments

Other: Dance

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06215027

74502023.7.0000.5432

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this non randomized clinical trial, with pre- and post-intervention evaluation, longitudinal, with prospective data collection is to evaluate the effects of dance as a therapeutic intervention in breast cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment.

Full description

The hypothesis is that dance will promote improvements in range of motion, strength, fatigue, functionality, pain and quality of life for breast cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment. Objectives: To evaluate the effects of dance as a therapeutic intervention in breast cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment on: shoulder range of, overall muscle strength, fatigue, respiratory muscle strength, functionality, pain and quality of life. Method: This is a non-randomized randomized clinical trial, with pre- and post-intervention evaluation, prospective data collection. The following will be used for pre-intervention assessment: goniometry, dynamometry, manovacuometry, 6-minute walk test, fatigue and quality of life questionnaire, and quality of life questionnaire, as well as a pain assessment scale. After 16 weeks, the same variables will be assessed.

Enrollment

30 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients diagnosed with breast cancer
undergone surgical resection
after medical referral for physiotherapy
and physiotherapeutic assessment

Exclusion criteria

patients with another previous oncological diagnosis
previous neuromuscular diseases
patients who do not agree to take part in the study
or the impossibility of carrying out the muscle strength assessment and/or other assessments