Domiciliary Physiotherapy in Women Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer Radiation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Frozen Shoulder,; Shoulder Pain
• Interventions: Other: evaluations; Procedure: Protocol of physiotherapy exercises

• Registration Number: NCT01940107
• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo

Brief Summary

To observe the effect of domiciliary physiotherapy on the upper limb applied during the period of radiotherapy in women submitted to surgical and radiotherapy for breast cancer. The parameters evaluated were: shoulder range of movement (ROM) and arm circumference. There was significant difference between the ipsilateral and contralateral limbs for flexion, abduction and external rotation. There was no difference in perimetry in either group

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Primary Completion: 2012-07
• Study Completion: 2012-09
• Status Verified: 2013-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-09-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-09-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-09-10
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 2013-09-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• be diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer;
• be submitted to surgical and radiation treatment as part of the treatment for breast cancer.

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Exclusion Criteria

• patients with neurological or orthopedic diseases that could impair the upper limb movements
• bilateral breast cancer;
• prior thoracic radiotherapy;
• presence of distant metastasis.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group (CG)	evaluations	Control Group, which were subjected only to evaluations and to no exercise
Study Group (SG)	Protocol of physiotherapy exercises	Study group (SG), was oriented to perform domiciliary exercises for the upper limbs.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recovery of shoulder range of movements (ROM) and prevention of arm lymphedema	90 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo; 🇧🇷 Ribeirão Preto, Saõ Paulo, Brazil