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The Effect of Myofascial Release Exercises on Viscoelastic Changes of the Pectoralis Major Muscle, Pain, Range of Motion and Shoulder Functionality in Individuals Receiving Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Breast Cancer Surgery

NCT06764394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-11-25

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Summary

Chemotherapy, hormone therapy and radiotherapy used in the treatment of breast cancer try to prevent the recurrence of cancer. In addition to the benefits of radiotherapy, such as a decrease in recurrence and an increase in long-term survival, it may have side effects that may affect the well-being and daily life activities of patients. One of the treatment modalities used to cope with treatment-related side effects is myofascial release exercises. Myofascial release exercises can help reduce adhesions caused by scar tissue and fibrosis caused by radiation. In the literature, there is no study investigating the effect of myofascial release exercises on pectoralis major muscle viscoelastic structure. For this purpose, our study aims to investigate the effect of myofascial release exercises performed in addition to home exercise programme on pectoralis major muscle viscoelastic structure, pain, range of motion and shoulder functionality.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

home based exercise plus myofacial release exercise Myofascial release exercises will continue for 6 weeks, 2 sessions per week and each session will continue for 30 minutes.All evaluations will be performed at the beginning of radiotherapy treatment and at the end of the 6th week.

OTHER

Exercise

home based exercise 5 days/week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Acibadem University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-20
Primary Completion
2025-03-30
Completion
2025-05-10

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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