The Influence of Soft Tissue Therapy on Respiratory Efficiency and Chest Mobility of Women Suffering from Breast Cancer

Katarzyna Domaszewska, Tomasz Pieńkowski, Arkadiusz Janiak, Dorota Bukowska and Maria Laurentowska
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Katarzyna Domaszewska: Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznań, Poland
Tomasz Pieńkowski: Province Polyclinic Hospital, 62-504 Konin, Poland
Arkadiusz Janiak: Faculty of Rehabilitation and Sport, The President Stanislaw Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences in Kalisz, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland
Dorota Bukowska: Department of Neurobiology, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznań, Poland
Maria Laurentowska: Faculty of Health Sciences, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznań, Poland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-13

Abstract: 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% (MEF 50 ), 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.

Keywords: spirometry; VAS Pain; oncology rehabilitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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