The Influence of Soft Tissue Therapy on Respiratory Efficiency and Chest Mobility of Women Suffering from Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Arkadiusz Janiak, Tomasz Pieńkowski, Maria Laurentowska, Katarzyna Domaszewska, Dorota Bukowska |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Soft tissue therapy
Spirometry Adult medicine.medical_specialty VAS Pain Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis medicine.medical_treatment oncology rehabilitation spirometry Breast Neoplasms Article Pulmonary function testing law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Randomized controlled trial Pain assessment law Internal medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Range of Motion Articular Lung Therapy Soft Tissue Aged Rehabilitation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Thorax medicine.disease Myofascial release Respiratory Function Tests 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Poland business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 24 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16245092 |
| Popis: | The aim of the following paper was to determine the influence of soft tissue therapy on respiratory efficiency and chest mobility of women suffering from breast cancer. This study was a controlled, randomized trial. Tests were carried out in a group of patients (n = 49) who were hospitalized in the Province Polyclinic Hospital, Konin, Poland. In the study group, irrespective of the standard physical therapy program, an additional therapy program was run. The program consisted of applying specific techniques of soft tissue treatment. All patients in each term were subject to pulmonary function tests, chest mobility, and pain assessment. Statistical analysis of the obtained results of spirometry and chest mobility assessment has revealed no differences in the analyzed parameters between the examined groups in the period of joint therapeutic treatment. In the period between the third examination and the end of the 11-month-rehabilitation treatment, statistically significant differences were observed in the analyzed spirometry parameters however, there was no difference in the parameters describing airflow in small airways (maximal expiratory flow at 50% (MEF50), peak expiratory flow (PEF) between individual groups during consecutive examinations in the course of diversified therapeutic treatment. Chest mobility assessment of the patients, performed during diversified therapeutic treatment, revealed statistically significant differences between the groups. However, there was no difference between the examined groups as far as pain sensation is concerned. Enhancing the regular rehabilitation program by including additional therapeutic methods, which are based on myofascial release and post-isometric relaxation techniques, had beneficial effects regarding respiratory system efficiency. |
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