Cancer, muscle fatigue
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group 1: thirty cancer patients in chemoterapy and radiotherapy, and receive protocol of twenty sessions with exergames with the Xbox 360 Kinect with games Wall Breaker, Stomp it and Run
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Sponsors
Faculdade de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Control group: Healthy individuals; both sexes; aged between 18 and 80 years. Experimental group: individuals with cancer; both sexes; aged between 18 and 80 years; chemotherapy; radiotherapy; after surgery with medical clearance for physical activity.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Cognitive disorders that hinder the explanation of the handling of virtual environments; serious infectious diseases; disabling diseases in upper and lower limbs; patients with myopathies; diseases with recognized change of collagen; with neurological diseases; for personal reasons do not wish to participate; previous contact with exergames.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reducing of muscle fatigue at period exergames therapy verified by spectral median frequency of the EMG signal; being evidenced by change of the values of median frequency of the EMG signal in measurements made between session 0, 10th session and 20th session; during maximal voluntary isometric contraction 60s of the tibialis anterior, medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles of both lower limbs. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase of scores of the Functional Assessment Chronic Illness questionnaire Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F)at period of exergames therapy; being evidenced variation of the scores measured by FACIT-F applied between the session 0, 10ºsessão and 20ºsessão; indicating lower sensation of muscle fatigue. ;Reduction of muscle fatigue by dynamometric ofnankle; measured by isometric dynamometer for ankles; being evidenced increase of the variation of strength and of time of muscle sustained strength above 70% MVC for 60 seconds between 0 session, 10th session and 20th session; verified for three maximal voluntary isometric contractions dorsiflexion and plantar flexion of both lower limbs.;Improvement of static balance after period therapy exergames; being evidenced variation of parameters of anteroposterior, mediolateral and projection area of the center of pressure of the body oscillations measured by baropodometry; for 20s in the orthostatic position in the presence and absence of the vision with aid sunglasses and baffle. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLeonardo ;Ricardo Carvalho;Alves
Universidade Federal de Alfenas;Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Outcome results
None listed