Clinical trial · Interventional
Physiotherapy in Women With Peripheral Persistent Pain Following Breast Cancer Treatment
Is Multimodal Physiotherapy More Effective Than Exercise Alone in Women With Peripheral Persistent Pain Following Breast Cancer Treatment? A Single-blinded Randomized Clinical Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a multimodal physiotherapy intervention including scapula exercises in addition to deep dry needling and neurodynamic techniques versus scapula exercises only versus conventional shoulder exercises on pain intensity, perceived disability, scapula muscle activity and health-related quality of life.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Shoulder Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimodal Physiotherapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Scapular exercises | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Shoulder Conventional Exercises | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Therapeutic Education | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Shoulder Conventional Exercises
- description
- The protocol consists in: * Flexibility and Strengthening Exercises of the shoulder muscles conventionally performed in shoulder pathology treatment. * Therapeutic Education about chronic shoulder pain. The treatment duration is 1 day per week during 6 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Other: Shoulder Conventional Exercises
- Behavioral: Therapeutic Education
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Multimodal Physiotherapy
- description
- The protocol consists in: * Dry Needling in active myofascial trigger points. * Neurodynamic techniques. * Scapular exercises. * Therapeutic Education about chronic shoulder pain. The treatment duration is 1 day per week during 6 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Other: Multimodal Physiotherapy
- Other: Scapular exercises
- Behavioral: Therapeutic Education
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 85 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Women with peripheral persistent pain following breast cancer treatment (surgery and/or radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy) with pain for at least 6 months. * Women who do not present contraindications for physiotherapy (infection, metastasis, locoregional recurrence). * Women who have read, understood and signed informed consent freely Exclusion Criteria: * Women treated with bilateral breast cancer. * Women with shoulder pain episodes prior to breast cancer treatment. * Women with predominant central sensitization pain identified by the Central Sensitization Inventory (\> 40 points) * Women with cognitive limitations to understand the information provided, instructions for treatment and consent to their participation in the study.
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