Regarding the Necessity of Functional Assessment Including Motor Control Assessment of Post-Mastectomy Patients Qualified for Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction Procedure—Pilot Study

Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon, Damian Wnuk, Jakub Ławnicki, Maciej Śliwiński and Agnieszka Gruszecka
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Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
Damian Wnuk: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
Jakub Ławnicki: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
Maciej Śliwiński: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland
Agnieszka Gruszecka: Department of Radiology Informatics and Statistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdańsk, Tuwima 15, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: The purpose of the paper is a functional assessment of post-mastectomy patients who underwent latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction (LDBR), and of healthy women, through an analysis of selected muscle function parameters, including motor control assessment. Twenty participants were included in the study (ten LDBR-procedure individuals and ten healthy controls). The research consisted of a DASH (The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) questionnaire assessment, shoulder area static assessment, shoulder mobility assessment, latissimus dorsi flexibility assessment and shoulder motor control assessment. LDBR-procedure individuals—when compared to healthy controls—exhibited a decrease in physical aspects of quality of life, shoulder area postural alterations, limitations in shoulder mobility and decrease in shoulder motor control. LDBR procedure may have an influence on limiting shoulder active mobility, as well as on decrease of shoulder motor and postural control. Standard functional assessment diversified on motor control assessment of post-mastectomy patients qualified for the LDBR procedure seems to be necessary.

Keywords: breast cancer; latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction; shoulder function; functional assessment; motor control assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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