PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY

PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MASTECTOMIZED WOMEN

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03826979

Enrollment

Registered

2019-02-01

Start date

2018-05-01

Completion date

2019-01-30

Last updated

2019-02-01

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Conditions

Breast Neoplasm Female

Keywords

Breast cancer., Exercise Therapy, Modified Radical Mastectomy

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.

Interventions

OTHERPliates method treatment

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

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

30 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
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

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

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