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Effect of Graded Motor Imagery on Shoulder Dysfunction Post Mastectomy
Sponsor: Cairo University
Summary
One of the most common complications after breast cancer surgery is a functional limitation of the upper body. Up to 67% of breast cancer patients experience arm or shoulder impairment, including pain, numbness, loss of strength, and reduced ROM, after surgery. Graded motor imagery is effective in reducing pain interference with function using a graded sequence of strategies including left/right judgements (implicit motor imagery), imagined movements (explicit motor imagery) and mirror therapy.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
35 Years - 55 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
54
Start Date
2025-04-30
Completion Date
2026-04-30
Last Updated
2025-11-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Graded Motor Imagery (GMI)
1. Left/right judgements: It includes left/right judgments of photographs that depict the affected area. 2. Imagined movements: Movement visualizations will be performed. 3. Mirror therapy: It includes observation of the movements of unaffected body part in the mirror, 2 times / week for 6 weeks.
Physical therapy program
It will include exercise like codman's pendulum exercises in flexion-extension, abduction-adduction, and circular motion, active assisted ROM exercises with a wand, capsular stretching, wall ladder, and shoulder wheel exercises, 2 times / week for 6 weeks.
Locations (1)
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt