1. Effectiveness of myofascial release after breast cancer surgery in women undergoing conservative surgery and radiotherapy: a randomized controlled trial
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Cristina Bou-Catalá, Pilar Serra-Añó, Amparo Iraola-Lliso, Marta Inglés, and Gemma Victoria Espí-López
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Adult ,Quality of life ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Myofascial release ,Breast Neoplasms ,Placebo ,law.invention ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Breast cancer ,0302 clinical medicine ,Manual lymphatic drainage ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,medicine ,Humans ,Survivors ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Adverse effect ,Range of motion ,Mastectomy ,Aged ,Massage ,Pain, Postoperative ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Radiation therapy ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Quality of Life ,Female ,business - Abstract
The scars derived from the treatment of breast cancer lead to adverse effects such as fibrosis or retractions of the connective tissue. Myofascial release (MR) seeks to reduce restrictions of the fascial system. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the clinical impact of MR treatment on women survivors of breast cancer. We enrolled 24 women with breast cancer, 13 received myofascial release treatment (MR) and 11, a placebo manual lymphatic drainage treatment (PMLD). Both interventions were administered over a period of 4 weeks. The outcomes studied were pain, shoulder range of motion (ROM), functionality, quality of life (QoL), and depression, immediately after treatment and 1 month later. After 4 weeks of treatment, only the participants who received MR experienced a significant decrease in pain intensity in the short and midterm (p
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- 2018
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