A clinical trial to study the effect of scapular and shoulder muscle exercises in preventing arm lymphedema among the breast cancer surgery patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C50- Malignant neoplasm of breast
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/049186
- Lead Sponsor
- VMahalakshmi Principal investigator
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1 Modified Radical Mastectomy with ALND
2 Breast conservation surgery with ALND
3 Unilateral surgery
4 Neo adjuvant chemotherapy
5 Adjunct Chemotherapy and radiation following surgery
6 First surgery for invasive Breast cancer
7 Patients under Chief Ministers Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme will be included for our study
8 Patients who agree to be monitored through video call
9 Willingness of patient to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
1 Platelet count < 75,000/ul
2 Hb level < 8%
3 Cardiac Patients [Cardiovascular instability / cardiovascular symptoms at low workloads( <3 metabolic equivalents [METs])]
4 Impaired cognition
5 Patient unable to understand English or Tamil
6 Marked orthopedic and/or musculoskeletal limitations
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method