Effects of exercise and oedema massage on fatigue level and quality of life of female breast cancer patients

Autor:	Adebusola Temitayo Aborowa, Oluwaleke Sokunbi, D O Odebiyi, Happiness Anulika Aweto, Aderemi Tajudeen Ajekigbe
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Massage business.industry Oedema massage Cancer Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Stage ii medicine.disease humanities Group B Breast cancer Quality of life medicine Physical therapy business Female breast cancer
Zdroj:	European Journal of Physiotherapy. 16:238-245
ISSN:	2167-9177 2167-9169
DOI:	10.3109/21679169.2014.959048
Popis:	Aim: To investigate the effect of exercise and oedema massage on the quality of life (QoL) and level of fatigue (LOF) of female patients with stage II and III breast cancer. Method: Twenty-seven female patients with stage II and III breast cancer whose ages ranged from 33 to 80 years participated in this study. Participants were randomized into two groups A and B. Participants in groups A received therapeutic exercises and massage, while those in group B received only therapeutic exercises. QoL and LOF were assessed before and 6 weeks after intervention, using a European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) and Energy/Fatigue Scale, respectively. Result: There was a significant improvement (p < 0.05) between the pre- and post-intervention QoL scores of participants in study group A, and between the post-intervention QoL scores of participants in study group A and control group B (p < 0.05). There was also a significant improvement (p < 0.0...
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