PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Neoplasm Female
• Interventions: Other: Pliates method treatment

• Registration Number: NCT03826979
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba

Brief Summary

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is one of the pathologies affecting women worldwide, with a high mortality rate of 14,206 per 100,000 women per year. However, Pilates was used as a therapeutic treatment for women who underwent a modified radical mastectomy, being associated with the alterations when in the postoperative sequels.

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the Pilates Method in the functionality of women submitted to modified radical mastectomy.

METHOD: This is a quantitative clinical trial, in the form of women included in the project, to undergo a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months, where they were evaluated before and after the procedure for measurement and comparison obtained.

CONCLUSION: In this way, the pilates method is presented as an instrument used for the rehabilitation of mastectomized women.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-01
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Study Completion: 2019-01-30
• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-31
• Study First Posted: 2019-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• Female subjects, between 30 and 65 years, with a diagnosis of breast cancer, who underwent radical-mastectomy surgery and who had after 30 postoperative days

Exclusion Criteria

• Women who present alterations in healing, severe pain, who have another type of treatment, people who lack more than three times in the research, quitters, people with relapses and who do not tolerate the treatment protocol.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pilates treatment	Pliates method treatment	The participants undergo to a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle strength	2 months	Medical Research Council scale for muscle power
Range of motion	2 months	Range of motion evaluation by goniometry
Functionality assess with Functional independence measure scale	2 months	Functional independence measure scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Raphael Pereira; 🇧🇷 Belém, PA, Brazil