Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01940107
Domiciliary Physiotherapy in Women Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer Radiation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 36 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | evaluations | Only evaluations |
| PROCEDURE | Protocol of physiotherapy exercises | Oriented domiciliary physiotherapeutic exercises |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-07-01
- Completion
- 2012-09-01
- First posted
- 2013-09-11
- Last updated
- 2013-09-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01940107. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.