PMID: 16622537Apr 20, 2006Paper

Random clinical comparative trial between free and directed exercise in post-operative complications of breast cancer

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Laura Ferreira de RezendeMaria Salete Costa Gurgel

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the association among physiotherapy exercises performed--directed or free--in case of post-operative complications in women who underwent radical mastectomy or quadrantectomy with axillary dissection. Sixty women were randomized. The directed group performed physiotherapy following a regimen of 19 exercises. The free group performed the exercises following the biomechanical physiological movements of the shoulder without a previously defined sequence or number of repetitions, exercises were done to the rhythm of music. In the average, the directed group remained 12.17 + 2.96 days with the drain, while the free group remained 11.96 + 2.32 days, with no significant difference between groups. The amount of secretion drained during the permanence of the drain also revealed resemblance between groups, with an average of 1308.71 + 562.6 ml in the directed group and of 1391.62 + 644.65 ml in the group of free exercises. Incidences of seroma and dehiscence of the surgical wound did not seem to be influenced by the type of exercise at any of the times evaluated. In the directed group, 7.4% and 3.4% of the women presented with seroma on the 28th and 42nd days, respectively, while at the same mo...Continue Reading

Citations

Aug 18, 2020·Breast Cancer Research and Treatment·Clarice Gomes Chagas TeodózioAnke Bergmann
Jun 4, 2016·Lymphatic Research and Biology·Mariana Maia Freire de OliveiraBárbara Juarez Amorim

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