Cervical Motor Control in Long-term Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT ID: NCT02825810

Last Updated: 2025-11-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2022-05-31

Brief Summary

The aim of this study will be to determine the effectiveness of a physical therapy program which is based on cervical motor control exercises in long-term breast cancer survivors in order to improve their motor control and its possible impact on pain, mood state and quality of life.

Detailed Description

Background: Breast cancer is becoming a common disease; however survival rates have improved throughout the last years. As a result, this also means that breast cancer survivors suffer side effects concerning the disease itself and treatments, as it is the case of certain kinds of pain. It is known that 80% of breast cancer survivors suffer this even 5 years after the completion of treatment and this impairment can be associated with a high tendency towards depression, cardiorespiratory deconditioning and even altered cervical control motor.

Aim: To determine the effectiveness of a physical therapy program based on cervical motor control training in order to improve motor control, mood state and quality of life.

Methods: Fifty-two long-term breast cancer survivors will be allocated to experimental group (n=26) or control group (n=26). The experimental group will receive a nine-week tailored exercise training focused on cervical motor control.

Discussion: There is a lack of knowledge about effective interventions when it comes to deal with altered motor control pattern of cervical area in long-term breast cancer survivors. Therefore, it is necessary to study the impact of this novel approach to improve quality of life in this population.

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Cervical motor control group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cervical motor control

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Intervention will consist in a tailored exercise training following a previous published motor control protocol

Control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Cervical motor control

Intervention will consist in a tailored exercise training following a previous published motor control protocol

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• To be over 18 years old
• Have passed a period equal o more 5 years since breast cancer diagnosis
• Have diagnosis of stage I, II or IIIA breast cancer
• Have signed informed consent
• Have medical clearance for participation
• Inability to get level 2 in the craniocervical flexion test

Exclusion Criteria

• Have diagnosis of arthritis or fibromyalgia
• Have cancer recurrence
• Have been operated through previous surgery of cervical column
• To be taking any treatment for pain or altered motor control during last 12 months

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universidad de Granada

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Irene Cantarero Villanueva

PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Irene Cantarero-Villanueva, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Physical Therapy Deparment, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada

Locations

University of Granada

Granada, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

UGR0116

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id