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ArticleJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2023

Effect of Telerehabilitation and Outpatient Rehabilitation in Women with Breast Cancer.

Dalila Scaturro, Fabio Vitagliani, Maria Silvia Mangano, Sofia Tomasello, Cristiano Sconza, Stefano Respizzi, Michele Vecchio, Giulia Letizia Mauro

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Article in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04826367 (Relaxation Training By Tele-Rehabilitation Program In Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy During COVID-19.), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04826367 nacompletednot on this map

Relaxation Training By Tele-Rehabilitation Program In Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy During COVID-19.

TypeinterventionalSponsorHacettepe UniversityRan2021 to 2022Enrolled69ConditionsBreast CancerArmsTelerehabilitation-based relaxation exercise group (EG)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effectiveness of eHealth interventions in long-term follow-up care for breast and gynecological cancer survivors: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dalila ScaturroDepartment of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Disciplines, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5035-2288
Fabio VitaglianiFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catania, 90121 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1630-1575
Maria Silvia ManganoFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Catania, 90121 Catania, Italy.
Sofia TomaselloFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Cristiano SconzaDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre IRCSS, 20019 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5345-9902
Stefano RespizziDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre IRCSS, 20019 Milan, Italy.
Michele VecchioSection of Pharmacology, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Giulia Letizia MauroDepartment of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatological Disciplines, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
University of Catania · ITUniversity of Palermo · ITHumanitas University · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telemedicine was shown to be indispensable during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to ensure continuity of care for fragile patients. We compared a telerehabilitation program versus an outpatient rehabilitation program in women with breast cancer undergoing quadrantectomy surgery. There were 56 women with breast cancer divided into two groups: the treatment group (TG), made up of 24 patients undergoing a remote rehabilitation project program; and the control group (CG), composed of 32 patients subjected to the same rehabilitation project program in an outpatient setting. At the time of enrollment (T0) and the end of the 8 weeks of treatment (T1), the following questionnaire scores were considered: numerical rating scale (NRS), Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (Quick-DASH), Piper fatigue scale (PFS)m and Breast Cancer Therapy Functional Rating Scale (FACT-B). We observed that the CG showed greater improvements than the TG in upper limb function (7.8 ± 4.2 vs. 10.9 ± 4.9;

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breast cancerdisabilityphysical activitytelerehabilitation

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PMID37606400
PMCPMC10443266
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