NCT02958332

Effects of a Videogame-based Program on Women With Lymphedema Secondary to Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Burgos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aims: To demonstrate the effect of a program based on video games as a means to improve abilities and basic skills affected by lymphedema, and its impact on quality of life. Design: longitudinal, pre-experimental, with pre / post-test and evaluation, assessor blinded study. Method: Data on shoulder pain and disability, health-related quality of life, strength and articulate activated by the OSS (Oxford Shoulder Score), SPADI (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index), FACT-B + 4 (Functional Assesment of Cancer Therapy Questionnaire for Breast Cancer), respectively goniometry and dynamometry amplitude scales will be collected. The intervention will be performed with the Wii ™ console and the Wii Balance BoardTM, during 5 individual weekly sessions of 30 minutes.

Conditions

• Lymphedema
• Breastcancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	video game program	Participants will use the Wii console and the Wii balance board, to play different video games which imply shoulder movements. They will receive 5 individual sessions of 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2017-01-01
• First posted: 2016-11-08
• Last updated: 2017-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain