Park Jin-Hyuck
Department of Occupational Therapy, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 220-710, Republic of Korea.
Breast Cancer. 2017 Jul;24(4):608-614. doi: 10.1007/s12282-016-0747-7. Epub 2016 Dec 23.
This study was to investigate the effects of complex exercise on shoulder range of motion and pain for women with breast cancer-related lymphedema.
69 women participated in this study and then they were randomly allocated to complex exercise group (n = 35) or the conventional decongestive therapy group (n = 34). All subjects received 8 sessions for 4 weeks. To identify the effects on shoulder range of motion and pain, goniometer and visual analog scale were used, respectively. The outcome measurements were performed before and after the 4 week intervention.
After 4 weeks, complex exercise group had greater improvements in shoulder range of motion and pain compared with the conventional decongestive therapy group (p < 0.05).
These results suggest that complex exercise is beneficial to improve shoulder range of motion as well as pain of the women with breast cancer-related lymphedema. Complex exercise would be useful to improve shoulder range of motion and pain of the women with breast cancer-related lymphedema.
本研究旨在调查综合运动对患有乳腺癌相关淋巴水肿的女性肩部活动范围和疼痛的影响。
69名女性参与了本研究,随后她们被随机分配到综合运动组(n = 35)或传统消肿治疗组(n = 34)。所有受试者接受为期4周的8次治疗。为确定对肩部活动范围和疼痛的影响,分别使用了角度计和视觉模拟量表。在4周干预前后进行结果测量。
4周后,与传统消肿治疗组相比,综合运动组在肩部活动范围和疼痛方面有更大改善(p < 0.05)。
这些结果表明,综合运动有利于改善患有乳腺癌相关淋巴水肿女性的肩部活动范围以及疼痛。综合运动对于改善患有乳腺癌相关淋巴水肿女性的肩部活动范围和疼痛将是有用的。