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NCT Number: NCT03826979

PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Breast Neoplasm Female Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Skin Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

30 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Raphael Pereira

Belém, Pará, 66060-585, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

Pliates method treatment

Other

The participants undergo to a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months.

Primary outcomes

  1. Muscle strength

    Time frame: 2 months

    Medical Research Council scale for muscle power

  2. Range of motion

    Time frame: 2 months

    Range of motion evaluation by goniometry

  3. Functionality assess with Functional independence measure scale

    Time frame: 2 months

    Functional independence measure scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba

Other

Registry information

Official study title

PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MASTECTOMIZED WOMEN

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2019
First posted
Feb 1, 2019
Registry last updated
Feb 1, 2019

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