NCT03182881

Effectiveness of Myofascial Release Versus Manual Lymphatic Drainage After Breast Cancer Surgery

Effectiveness of Myofascial Release Versus Manual Lymphatic Drainage After Breast Cancer Surgery In Women Undergoing Conservative Surgery and Radiotherapy. Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objective. To compare the effectiveness of myofascial therapy against manual lymphatic drainage in the reduction of sequelae secondary to conservative surgery and radiotherapy in women who survived breast cancer. Design. Randomized clinical trial. Site. Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia. Participants. Twenty-four patients were included in the study. Interventions. 13 patients were randomly assigned to treatment with myofascial therapy and 11 to receive manual lymphatic drainage. Main measurements. Pain measured using the Visual Analogue Scale, shoulder joint range, shoulder functionality using the DASH questionnaire, quality of life assessed using the FACT-B questionnaire, and the depressed status of the patients using the PHQ-9 . All of this was assessed before and after treatment, and one month later as follow-up.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Lymphatic Drainage	It was applied with the patient in a supine position with 30º elevation of the arm and very superficial and smooth maneuvers were performed in the axillary lymph nodes, the chest region and the arm.
OTHER	Myofascial Release	For the use of the treatment the bases of Pilat, A. 2016 were followed. The global and specific techniques for the periganglionar and upper thoracic region were chosen. The application of each smooth maneuver three-dimensional fascial movement has been carried out has an approximate duration of about 10 minutes and a total of 50 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-22
• Primary completion: 2017-06-20
• Completion: 2017-07-30
• First posted: 2017-06-09
• Last updated: 2017-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain