Muscle Energy Technique and Mulligan's Mobilization in Breast Cancer Surgery Patients

Summary

A recent study aimed to examine the combined effect of Mulligan and muscle energy techniques on postural changes and shoulder kinematics among women who had undergone breast cancer surgery with axillary dissection.

Conditions

• Mobility Limitation
• Muscle Relaxation
• Kinematics
• Postural; Defect
• Breast Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

combination of mobilization with movement and muscle energy techniques

The examiner passively abducts the arm in the horizontal plane until the first barrier to motion by applying pressure to the distal humerus. The participant then actively abduct the arm in the horizontal plane for a three-second active-assisted stretch. Regarding the cervical spine, the second technique, Cervical Self-Natural Apophyseal Glides (SNAG), involves the therapist standing behind the patient and applying force to the spinous process of each vertebra using a thumb-over-thumb technique. The patient actively performs repeated flexion or extension of their neck, returning back to the neutral position. The passive gliding is maintained in the anterosuperior direction along the facet joint line while flexing or extending the neck throughout the range.

OTHER

muscle energy techniques Interventions:

The examiner passively abduct the arm in the horizontal plane until the first barrier to motion by applying pressure to the distal humerus. This passive stretch will be held for three seconds. The examiner then instruct the participant to attempt to horizontally adduct the test arm at 25% of their maximal effort while the examiner applied manual resistance at the distal humerus to create an isometric contraction lasting five seconds. The participant then actively abduct the arm in the horizontal plane for a three-second active-assisted stretch.

OTHER

mobilization with movement

Regarding the cervical spine, the second technique, Cervical Self-Natural Apophyseal Glides (SNAG), involves the therapist standing behind the patient and applying force to the spinous process of each vertebra using a thumb-over-thumb technique. The patient actively performs repeated flexion or extension of their neck, returning back to the neutral position. The passive gliding is maintained in the anterosuperior direction along the facet joint line while flexing or extending the neck throughout the range.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hany M Elgohary · Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa, Coastal Road

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-06-01

Primary Completion

2023-09-15

Completion

2023-09-30

Countries

• Egypt

Study Locations