Pilates and Dance to Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

Summary

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in Brazil, and its treatment, namely surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone therapy, has consequences and side effects that significantly affect the quality of life and associated physical and psychological factors. The practice of physical activity, in turn, may play a beneficial role in these factors, and help the recovery of the patient in relation to the consequences of the treatments. Two types of physical activity can be addressed in the context of breast cancer; Dance and the Pilates method. Thus, the objective of the present study will be to analyze the impact of Pilates practice and dance on quality of life and on psychological and physical factors in patients undergoing adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. Patients older than 18 years who are in adjuvant treatment, namely, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and / or hormone therapy at the Oncology Research Center - CEPON, will be invited to be part of the study. With a randomized clinical trial of three arms, the patients will be submitted to 16 weeks of intervention, and randomized in 3 groups: (A) belly dance protocol group; (B) Pilates method protocol group, and (C) control group who will continue with their routine activities. Sample randomization will be conducted in confidence by one of the researchers in a specific computer program. Information about personal and clinical characteristics, quality of life, psychological factors (depressive symptoms, body image, self-esteem, optimism, perceived stress, fatigue, pain, sexual function and sleep quality) and physical factors (cardiorespiratory fitness, balance , Posture, upper limb functionality and presence of lymphedema). All information will be collected before and after the intervention period. Statistical analysis will use the statistical package SPSS - IBM, version 20.0. Firstly, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and percentage) will be used in order to know the data, and then the Anova two way test with repeated measurements and Sydak Comparison Test, in order to analyze the data. Groups of the Pilates method, of the dance and control group. Significance level of 5%.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Quality of Life
• Lymphedema
• Fatigue
• Depressive Symptoms
• Body Image
• Self Esteem
• Optimism
• Sexual Function Disturbances
• Stress
• Sleep Disturbance
• Pain
• Muscular Weakness
• Postural Balance
• Range of Motion
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Interventions

OTHER

Dance

The Dance intervention will be performed with belly dance methods. It will occur 3 times per week, during 16 weeks, with 60 minutes the session.

OTHER

Pilates

The Pilates intervention will be performed using specific exercises of Pilates Methods. During the classes it will be used thera band, toning ball and pilates ball. It will occur 3 times per week, during 16 weeks, with 60 minutes the session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas

  collaborator OTHER

• Laboratório de Pesquisa em Lazer e Atividade Física

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Leonessa Boing, MSc · University of the State of Santa Catarina

• Adriana CA Guimarães, PhD · University of the State of Santa Catarina

• Tatiana B Fretta · University of the State of Santa Catarina

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-01-01

Primary Completion

2019-12-10

Completion

2020-12-30

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations