Domiciliary Physiotherapy in Women Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer Radiation

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01940107

Enrollment

Registered

2013-09-11

Start date

2010-08-31

Completion date

2012-09-30

Last updated

2013-09-11

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Conditions

Frozen Shoulder,, Shoulder Pain

Keywords

breast cancer,, radiotherapy,, physical therapy,, upper limb

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

Interventions

OTHERevaluations

Only evaluations

PROCEDUREProtocol of physiotherapy exercises

Oriented domiciliary physiotherapeutic exercises

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recovery of shoulder range of movements (ROM) and prevention of arm lymphedema	90 days

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026