INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is one of the pathologies affecting women worldwide, with a high mortality rate of 14,206 per 100,000 women per year. However, Pilates was used as a therapeutic treatment for women who underwent a modified radical mastectomy, being associated with the alterations when in the postoperative sequels. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the Pilates Method in the functionality of women submitted to modified radical mastectomy. METHOD: This is a quantitative clinical trial, in the form of women included in the project, to undergo a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months, where they were evaluated before and after the procedure for measurement and comparison obtained. CONCLUSION: In this way, the pilates method is presented as an instrument used for the rehabilitation of mastectomized women.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
22
The participants undergo to a physical therapy rehabilitation program through the Pilates Method for 2 months.
Raphael Pereira
Belém, Pará, Brazil
Muscle strength
Medical Research Council scale for muscle power
Time frame: 2 months
Range of motion
Range of motion evaluation by goniometry
Time frame: 2 months
Functionality assess with Functional independence measure scale
Functional independence measure scale
Time frame: 2 months
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