Exercise Protocol With Limited Shoulder Range of Motion for 15 or 30 Days After Conservative Surgery for Breast Cancer With Oncoplastic Technique: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: The objective is to evaluate the effect of limiting shoulder range of motion (ROM) for 15 or 30 days on surgical complications and on shoulder ROM, pain, and upper limb function of breast cancer patients following conservative oncoplastic surgery.

Materials And Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted with 60 women with breast cancer who underwent conservative oncoplastic surgery. The day after surgery, all patients started an exercise protocol with shoulder exercises limited to 90 degrees.

Early Free Range-of-Motion Upper Limb Exercises After Mastectomy and Immediate Implant-Based Reconstruction Are Safe and Beneficial: A Randomized Trial.

Background: This study assessed the impact that free range-of-motion (ROM) upper limb exercises 15 or 30 days after mastectomy and immediate implant-based reconstruction has on surgical complications and kinetic-functional recovery.

Methods: This randomized clinical trial included 60 women who had breast cancer treated with mastectomy and immediate implant or tissue expander reconstruction. The patients initiated the exercises with shoulder ROM limited to 90° the day after surgery.

Evaluation of body image, quality of life, tactile sensitivity and pain in women with breast cancer submitted to surgical intervention.

Objective: Breast cancer is one of the most common types of tumor in the world and the most common among women. There are several treatments for breast cancer; however, the condition often can be accompanied by severe complications in a woman's life. To evaluate and compare body image perception, quality of life, tenderness, and pain in women with breast cancer during preoperative and postoperative periods of 30, 60 and 90 days.

Winged scapula incidence and upper limb morbidity after surgery for breast cancer with axillary dissection.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of winged scapula after breast cancer surgery, its impact on shoulder morbidity and difference in incidence according to surgery type.

Methods: Patients with breast cancer and surgical indication for axillary dissection were included. A total of 112 patients were surveyed with one physical evaluation before the surgery and others 15, 30, 90, and 180 days after.

Effectiveness of acupuncture in rehabilitation of physical and functional disorders of women undergoing breast cancer surgery.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to verify the effectiveness of acupuncture in rehabilitation of physical and functional disorders of women undergoing breast cancer surgery on the following parameters: pain, range of motion, upper limb function, and depressive symptoms.

Methods: The following are the inclusion criteria: women aged more than 18 years with scapular girdle and upper limb pain after 3 months of surgery and with pain ≥3 in visual analog scale. Patients were divided into two randomized groups which received weekly treatment during 10 sessions.