1Intern BPT, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMSDU, Karad, Maharashtra, India
2Assistant Professor, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMSDU, Karad, Maharashtra, India
3Associate Professor, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMSDU, Karad, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding Author: Ankita A. Jadhav, Intern BPT, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMSDU, Karad-415110, Maharashtra, India Phone: +918637717512 Email id: jadhavankita509@gmail.com
Online published on 4 June, 2019.
CA-breast is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women with 15% prevalence. CA-breast lymphedema is most common complication of mastectomy. Treatment options available for lymphedema is currently limited to application of massage, active exercises and faradism under pressure. As alone faradism under pressure was found to be effective in treating ca-breast lymphedema but as there is limited research available to show any significant impact of biofeedback exercises with simultaneous application of faradism under pressure on lymphedema., so this made indeed to study the effect of faradism under pressure with biofeedback exercises in ca-breast lymphedema.
Effect of faradism under pressure with biofeedback exercises in Ca-breast lymphedema.
The study design was Pre test-Post test single blinded study.
A total 30 women were allocated into 3 groups using convenient sampling technique. Group (A) received Faradism under pressure with simultaneous biofeedback exercises, group (B) received Faradism under pressure without biofeedback exercises and group (C) received only Faradism under pressure. Each group received treatment for 3days/week for 4 weeks. Pre and post treatment assessment was taken using VAS, Limb girth, volumetric assessment and Goniometry (shoulder, elbow and wrist) as outcome measures.
Data was analyzed using Paired‘t’ test and ANOVA-repeated measure.
In this study group (A) showed better effect on outcome than group (B) and (C). volumetric assessment P value was 0.4409 which was not significant. On other outcome measure VAS, Limb girth and goniometry was extremely significant. Thus this study shows extremely significant improvement in group (A) treated with Faradism under pressure with simultaneous biofeedback exercises.
Faradism under pressure with simultaneous biofeedback exercises are effective in treating CA-breast lymphedema which improves subjects functional as well as personal outcome in daily life than conventional treatment alone.
CA-breast, Lymphedema, Biofeedback exercises, Faradism under pressure
