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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2016

Effectiveness of acupuncture in rehabilitation of physical and functional disorders of women undergoing breast cancer surgery.

Patricia Santolia Giron, Cinira Assad Simão Haddad, Samantha Karlla Lopes de Almeida Rizzi, Afonso Celso Pinto Nazário, Gil Facina

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Effect of eight different acupuncture and moxibustion therapies on breast cancer-related lymphedema: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  9. Effect of acupuncture in myelosuppression and quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized clinical study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Patricia Santolia Giron, Rua Marselhesa, 249- Vila Mariana, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 04020060. patysantolia@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1074-1975
Cinira Assad Simão HaddadDepartment of Gynecology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Samantha Karlla Lopes de Almeida RizziDepartment of Gynecology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Afonso Celso Pinto NazárioDepartment of Gynecology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Gil FacinaDepartment of Gynecology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of the study is to verify the effectiveness of acupuncture in rehabilitation of physical and functional disorders of women undergoing breast cancer surgery on the following parameters: pain, range of motion, upper limb function, and depressive symptoms.

methodsThe following are the inclusion criteria: women aged more than 18 years with scapular girdle and upper limb pain after 3 months of surgery and with pain ≥3 in visual analog scale. Patients were divided into two randomized groups which received weekly treatment during 10 sessions. Kinesiotherapy group (G1)-treated with a predefined kinesiotherapy protocol of 30 min. Group Acupuncture + Kinesiotherapy (G2)-treated with the same kinesiotherapy group protocol followed by another 30 min of acupuncture, used in predefined points. Both groups performed physical examination and answered the upper limb function and depressive symptoms questionnaires.

resultsForty-eight patients completed the treatment, 24 in each group. Regarding the pain, the two groups had statistically significant improvement in all evaluated moments. In the analysis of depression, it improved significantly only in G1 in the comparison between the first and the tenth session. The upper limb function had improvement in G1 only in the comparison between the first and the tenth session and in G2, in the three evaluation moments. The range of motion (ROM) showed improvement in all evaluated movements.

conclusionsThere was no difference between groups. Both groups showed statistically significant improvement of the items assessed: pain, depression, upper limb function, and ADM, and there was no difference between them.

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Acupuncture TherapyAdultAgedArmBreast NeoplasmsDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementRange of Motion, ArticularTreatment OutcomeAcupunctureBreast cancerDepressionRehabilitationUpper limb function

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PMID26670916

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