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Effect of Graded Motor Imagery on Shoulder Dysfunction Post Mastectomy

Egypt54 participantsStarted 2025-04-30

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range35 Years – 55 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age range of 35 to 55 years. * All patients are post-mastectomized unilaterally. * Female patients only. * Patients have shoulder ROM restriction. * Patients have shoulder pain more than 3 months (chronic). * After 3 months post-surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * Having double mastectomy. * Psychopathological disorders. * Having other orthopedic problems (e.g. tendinitis, dislocation, osteoarthritis, referred pain to shoulder). * Motor problems (e.g. tremor, dyskinesia). * Metastasis. * Visual impairment such that they could not read unaided or with their reading glasses. * Having previously received GMI treatment. * Diabetes mellitus. * Having neurological problems as hemiplegia. * Patients with lymphedema

What they're measuring

Digital goniometer

Timeframe: From baseline to 6 weeks

Handgrip dynamometer

Timeframe: From baseline to 6 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07240129

SponsorCairo University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-04-30

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