Clinical trial · Interventional
Women Underwent TRAM Surgery: Its Influence on Abdominal Muscle Function and the Effects of Therapeutic Exercises
Post-mastectomy Women Underwent Transverse Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous Flap (TRAM) Surgery: Its Influence on Abdominal Muscle Function and the Effects of Therapeutic Exercises
- 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 unilateral transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap is a major operation widely used for breast reconstruction. It is hypothesized that this surgery has the potential risk of weakening the abdominal wall because it disrupts the integrity of the rectus abdominis muscle (RA), therefore, alters the insertion of the oblique muscles and the biomechanical relationship between the RA muscle and adjacent structures. The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of the TRAM flap surgery on muscle size of abdominal muscles, strength and endurance of trunk muscles, strength and endurance of core stability, as well as the effects of therapeutic exercises on it in post-mastectomy women underwent TRAM surgery.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
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 Neoplasms | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal muscle training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- TRAM abdominal muscle training group
- description
- Patients were recruited at least 6 months after the muscle-sparing (MS) pedicled Transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap procedure and at least 1 month after the conclusion of the last chemotherapy course, if any. All subjects will receive 1-hr training sessions consisting of core stability exercises for 12 weeks for the TRAM group.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Abdominal muscle training
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- TRAM control group
- description
- Patients were recruited at least 6 months after the muscle-sparing (MS) pedicled Transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap procedure and at least 1 month after the conclusion of the last chemotherapy course, if any. The control group was not received any exercise program.
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Healthy women group
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 30 Years
- Maximum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Healthy adults * Their age should be ranged between 30 - 60 years 2. TRAM flap surgery patients * at least 6 months after the MS pedicled TRAM flap surgery Exclusion Criteria: 1. Healthy adults * a history of injury resulting in an inability to perform activities of daily living * scoliosis or spinal surgery * neurological, neuromuscular, rheumatological or systemic diseases 2. TRAM flap surgery patients * tumor distant metastasis * a history of injury resulting in an inability to perform activities of daily living * scoliosis or spinal surgery * neurological, neuromuscular, rheumatological or systemic diseases
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