NCT03826979

PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY

PILATES METHOD ON THE UPPER LIMBS FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MASTECTOMIZED WOMEN

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 30 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is one of the pathologies affecting women worldwide, with a high mortality rate of 14,206 per 100,000 women per year. However, Pilates was used as a therapeutic treatment for women who underwent a modified radical mastectomy, being associated with the alterations when in the postoperative sequels. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the Pilates Method in the functionality of women submitted to modified radical mastectomy. METHOD: This is a quantitative clinical trial, in the form of women included in the project, to undergo a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months, where they were evaluated before and after the procedure for measurement and comparison obtained. CONCLUSION: In this way, the pilates method is presented as an instrument used for the rehabilitation of mastectomized women.

Conditions

• Breast Neoplasm Female

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pliates method treatment	The participants undergo to a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2019-01-30
• First posted: 2019-02-01
• Last updated: 2019-02-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil