Evidence of rotator cuff disease after breast cancer treatment: scapular kinematics of post-mastectomy and post-reconstruction breast cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer survivors may be at risk of experiencing rotator cuff disease after treatment. Biomechanical alterations following surgery potentially predispose survivors to develop this disorder.

Objective

To examine scapular kinematics in breast cancer survivors with and without impingement pain during an overhead reach task.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Methods

Three surgery groups were included: non-cancer controls, mastectomy-only survivors and post-reconstruction survivors. Breast cancer survivor groups were also categorized by the presence of impingement pain. Scapular motion was tracked during an overhead reach task, performed separately by both arms. Maximum scapular internal rotation, upward rotation and tilt were calculated. Two-way anal

SUBMITTER: Lang AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature