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KMID : 1211620160110020131
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
2016 Volume.11 No. 2 p.131 ~ p.139
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Effects of Scapular Stabilizing Exercise on Resting Scapular Position of Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema Patients
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Ahn So-Youn
Kim Jaw-Jun
Ha Hae-Jung
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Abstract
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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 (α) 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.
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KEYWORD
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Lymphedema, Resting scapular position, Scapular stabilizing exercise
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