Effect of Wii-console Based Exercise on Shoulder Range of Motion for Post-mastectomy Lymphedema Patients

Postmastectomy Lymphedema Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Wii-console Based Exercise on Shoulder Range of Motion for Post-mastectomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05726656
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/004199
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 2023

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Doaa A Atef, PHD
• Phone: 01060267094
• Email: doozy.masr[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

PURPOSE: To determine the effect of wii-console based exercise on shoulder ROM of both sides for post-mastectomy patients, and highlighting the effect of dominancy.

Description:

Breast cancer has been the focused of many studies because it significantly affects both in developed and developing countries worldwide (Cameirão et al, 2008).

Lymphedema affects the range of motion of shoulder causing disability and affection of function.

Wii-console systems can be used as training tools to promote intensive training directed towards specific deficits and guide the patients in task-oriented activities. Moreover, it allows a real-time high-resolution monitoring, where is possible to have a quantitative assessment of relevant properties of the impairment, performance and recovery. On the other hand, virtual reality environment demand focus and attention of the patient, motivate the patient to perform the exercises, and provide a sense of achievement to the user (Torre et al, 2015).

HYPOTHESES:

The wii-console based exercise will have no effect on shoulder ROM for post-mastectomy patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 2023
• Est. primary completion date: November 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 30 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the patients will be females.

• Patients undergone mastectomy with lymph nodes dissection.

• all developed lymphedema after the surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Vision problems.

• Medically instable patients.

• Balance disorders.

• Other musculoskeletal condition of shoulders.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer Lymphedema
• Lymphedema
• Postmastectomy Lymphedema

Intervention

Other:
• traditional physical therapy session
manual lymph drainage-pneumatic compression and skin care
• wii console based exercise
execise session using the wii console video games

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Physical Therapy	Giza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	shoulder range of motion	flexion, extension, abduction, adduction , internal rotation and external rotation	4 weeks