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Health-related physical fitness parameters in women with breast cancer–related lymphedema: a case–control study        
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Şeyda Toprak Çelenay
Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Özge BARUT ÇELİK Öğr. Gör. Özge BARUT ÇELİK
Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Esra BAYRAMOĞLU DEMİRDÖĞEN Öğr. Gör. Esra BAYRAMOĞLU DEMİRDÖĞEN
Türkiye
 Başak ÇİĞDEM KARAÇAY Başak ÇİĞDEM KARAÇAY
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Derya Özer Kaya
Türkiye
Özet
Purpose This study aimed to compare health-related physical fitness parameters of women with breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) to a matched control group.Methods Thirty women with unilateral BCRL (lymphedema group, age = 55.00 (40.00-65.00) years) and 32 healthy women (control group, age = 49.00 (44.00-64.00) years) were included. Cardiorespiratory fitness with the UKK 2-km walk test, grip strength with a hand dynamometer, trunk muscle endurance with the McGill trunk muscle endurance tests, flexibility with the sit and reach test, body composition with a body composition analyzer, and waist-to-hip ratio were assessed.Results In the lymphedema group, 36.7% of women had mild lymphedema, 36.7% had moderate, and 26.7% had severe lymphedema. It was found that maximal oxygen consumption, physical fitness index, grip strength, trunk extensor and lateral flexor muscle endurance, and flexibility scores were higher in the control group than in the lymphedema group (p < 0.05). In addition, body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist-to-hip ratio were found to be lower in the control group compared to the lymphedema group (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the trunk flexor muscle endurance scores (p > 0.05).Conclusions It was found that the health-related physical fitness parameters were adversely affected in women with BCRL compared to healthy women. The changes of physical fitness may be important for the assessment and the treatment of BCRL.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Lymphedema | Mastectomy | Breast cancer | Physical fitness | Body composition | Muscle strength
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Supportive Care in Cancer
Dergi ISSN 0941-4355
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2023
Cilt No 31
Sayı 667
Sayfalar 1 / 8
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s00520-023-08139-x
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-08139-x