Myelosuppression, malaise, muscle fatigue, women.
Conditions
Interventions
The patients were divided into two groups. In one group, 18 of them underwent low level, level ground walking for 21 consecutive days for 30 minutes daily and continuous. In the other, the control gro
Behavioural
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Sponsors
Instituto Radium de Campinas Ltda (filial São João da Boa Vista)
Rebeca Garcia Rosa Ferreira
UNIFAE - Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino de São João da Boa Vista
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
No minimum to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women on adjuvant chemotherapy; who were in the second, third or fourth cycle of chemotherapy; and who performed the cycle of Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide use.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Women who have had radiation therapy or hormone therapy; who performed the cycle of use Placlitaxel or FEC (Fluorouracil, Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide); who had high cardiac risk on the echocardiogram; above 75 years of age; unable to respond to questionnaires; with distant metastasis; and unable to walk.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in overall quality of life, determined through the FACT-B total questionnaire, at the beginning of the study and at the end of the study.;The total sum of the indices of each group, obtained at the end of the intervention or control, showed an increase in the general quality of life of the experimental group, resulting in the comparative p = 0.042. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Positive effects for the immune system, evaluated through a complete blood count, at the beginning and at the end of the study.;Increase in the value of monocytes in the experimental group, determined in a hemogram at the beginning and at the end of the study, with a mean change from 365.3 / mm3 to 455.2 / mm3 and a decrease in the control group, with a mean variation of 232, 2 / mm 3 to 211.2 / mm 3; And low basophil value reduction in the control group, with a mean variation from 5.65 / mm 3 to 5.17 / mm 3, while in the experimental group the variation was from 8.83 / mm 3 to 5.33 / mm 3. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRebeca Rosa Ferreira
UNIFAE - Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino de São João da Boa Vista
Outcome results
None listed