جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Radiotherapy » در نشریات گروه « تربیت بدنی »

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of physical practice, mental practice and a combination of physical and mental practice on shoulder joint degree of freedom (range of motion) in women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy post radical Mastectomy. Participants were 40 women with breast cancer in Isfahan Milad hospital whom were divided into four groups: physical practice, mental practice, combination of physical and mental practice and control. Participants of the experimental groups exercised for 25 sessions, 30 minutes in each session. We took shoulder joint range of motion test at pre-intervention and post-intervention. To analyze data, one-way ANOVA was used. Results showed between groups difference in shoulder joint degree of freedom. Physical practice resulted in improvement of all shoulder joint range of motion except adduction; the mental practice led to improvement of all of range of motion except adduction and internal rotation. The combination practice improved all of the measured variables. The effect of physical practice was found to be better than mental practice in flexion, extension, abduction and external rotation. Combination practice was better than physical practice in internal rotation. Combination practice was better than mental practice in all variables. In medical centers, the combination of physical and mental practice can be used to help women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy radical mastectomy for improving shoulder joint range of motion.

Self-concept is an important psychological construct that is progressively weakened in women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy post Mastectomy. The aim of study was to investigate the effect of selected aerobic exercises on body self-concept of women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy post Mastectomy. The method of study was quasi-experimental with pre-post tests and control-experimental group. Participants were 40 women with breast cancer, whom were divided to two groups following body self-concept test. Participants of the experimental group took part in aerobic exercise program for 25 sessions, 20-30 minutes in each session. Following the experimental period, both groups took the body self-concept test. To analyze data, independent t test (P

Strength is necessary for upper body normal function. Many women with breast cancer report impairments in upper extremity function after the time required for improvement after breast cancer treatment. It is not possible to know precisely if cancer adjuvant therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy have any effects on the unaffected arm. The aim of this study was subjective report on strength of women with breast cancer. Therefore, 33 postmenopausal women (51±6.46 yr) with breast cancer who completed the surgery, received chemotherapy and radiation therapy on average five years ago and 30 healthy postmenopausal women (53.26±5.05 yr) were selected. Strength was measured using a hand held dynamometer for flexion, horizontal adduction, internal and external rotations of shoulder, scapular abduction and upward rotation, scapular depression and adduction. Data were analyzed by MANOVA (P≤ 0.05). The findings indicated significant differences between the groups in six variables of shoulder girdle strength (shoulder flexion, internal rotation, external rotation, shoulder horizontal adduction, scapular abduction and upward rotation, scapular depression and adduction) and the strength reduction was respectively %74.1, %65.3, %75.5, % 63.9, %61.3, %74.8 in patients compared to healthy subjects. The results indicated the importance of evaluating the shoulder girdle strength in women with breast cancer. Based on these findings, years after treatment, decreased shoulder girdle strength is found in these patients, health care professionals need to focus on these special shoulder girdle strength factors during the treatment and designing training and rehabilitation programs for women with breast cancer.