Electromyography of the Pectoral Muscle in Mastalgia Patients

The Comparison Both of the Electromyography Results of the Pectoral Muscle in Unilateral Mastalgia Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02784379

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-27

Start date

2016-03-31

Completion date

2016-11-30

Last updated

2016-11-29

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Conditions

Mastalgia

Keywords

Mastalgia, electromyography, Pectoral

Brief summary

Mastalgia is a common problem for women. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of neuromuscular pathologies of the thorax wall at mastalgia ethiopathogenesis.

Detailed description

Mastalgia is a common health problem for women especially these days. Studies demonstrated that 48% of the women with mastalgia have serious difficulties in their sexual life, 36% have physical activity difficulties, 13% have social activity difficulties and 6% have work or school activity difficulties. The etiology of the mastalgia is not clear. Because of the women with mastalgia tested out lots of examinations for the etiology. Also this problem has financial load because of the unknown etiology.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Subject has unilateral mastalgia

Exclusion criteria

* Subject has pregnancy * Subject has breast cancer * Subject has a history of breast operation * Subject has diabetes mellitus * Subject has 1 cm or above cystic or solid lesions in the breasts.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Electromyography results of the pectoral muscle.	5 days	The electromyography results of the pectoral muscle which are placed behind the healthy breast (group 1) and the breast with mastalgia (group 2) will be evaluated. The results of the both groups will be compared.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results