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http://dx.doi.org/10.13066/kspm.2016.11.2.131

Effects of Scapular Stabilizing Exercise on Resting Scapular Position of Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema Patients  

Ahn, So-Youn (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Choonhae College of Health Sciences)
Kim, Jwa-Jun (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Choonhae College of Health Sciences)
Ha, Hae-Jung (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine / v.11, no.2, 2016 , pp. 131-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to confirm the effect of exercise combined with scapular stabilizing on resting scapular position (RSP) in breast cancer-related lymphedema patients. METHODS: A total of 20 patients with lymphedema after mastectomy participated in the study. All assessments of the patients edema sides (ES) and non-edema sides (NES) were evaluated. The assessment tools used wad RSP. RSP are; 1) scapular index, 2) 8th thoracic spines process (T8S) to inferior angle of scapular (IA) distance, 3) standing pectoralis minor (PM) distance, and 4) PM index (PMI). All patients carried out a scapular stabilizing exercise seven times a week for 8 weeks. The collected data were analyzed with PASW 18.0. The statistical significance (${\alpha}$) was 0.05. RESULTS: According to the results, all the variable between the ES and NES for RSP were statistically significant (p<0.05) in the pre-test. After the exercise, the differences in T8S to IA distance and the PMI between the ES and NES weren't statistically significant. The results of the RSP showed a significant improvement in T8S to IA distance, standing PM distance, and PMI. CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that, performing the scapular stabilizing exercise had a significant effect on improving RPS in breast cancer-related lymphedema patients.
Keywords
Lymphedema; Resting scapular position; Scapular stabilizing exercise;
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