Randomized clinical trial on the preservation of the medial pectoral nerve following mastectomy due to breast cancer: impact on upper limb rehabilitatio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- breast cancerSurgery - Surgical techniquesPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyCancer - Breast
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000945224
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
30 women with a histological diagnosis of breast cancer and an indication for modified mastectomy.
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria were findings of limitations of movement in the homolateral upper limb at the preoperative evaluation; inability to understand the proposed exercises;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Preservation of the medial pectoral nerve and its association with no loss of strength in the pectoralis major muscle, compared with the group of women in whom this nerve was sectioned.<br><br>palpation of the pectoralis major muscle compared with sternal insertion was used to evaluate its trophism; and an overload test on the pectoralis major muscle was used to evaluate its strength.[Before surgery, 15 and 43 days after surgery]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oss of muscle mass in the pectoralis major muscle in women in the group with preservation of the medial pectoral nerve, compared with the group of women in whom this nerve was sectioned. <br><br>palpation of the pectoralis major muscle compared with sternal insertion was used to evaluate its trophism[Before surgery, 15 and 43 days after surgery];Differences between loss of range of shoulder flexion and abduction for the groups of women in whom the medial pectoral nerve was preserved or sectioned.<br><br>Goniometry was used to measure the range of movement of the upper limb;[Before surgery, 15 and 43 days after surgery]