Evaluation of balance of women with breast câncer

Authors

  • Valeria Bruna De Santana Moura Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Doralice Daieli Mendonça Farias Tavares Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Beatriz Jeronymo Schwartz Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Sara Llorente Cordeiro Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Aline Duarte Ferreira UNOESTE
  • Bruna Corral Garcia De Araujo Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Ismael Forte Freitas Junior UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO - UNESP
  • Flavia de Souza Lima Matias Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Tainá Oliveira Lopes Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Tainara Fernanda da Silva Santos Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE
  • Ana Claudia de Souza Fortaleza Universidade do Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE

Abstract

The objective of this study was to verify the balance of women with breast cancer. This cross-sectional study, tested balance of fifteen women, eight women with cancer and seven without cancer. The evaluation was performed through the Mini Balance Evaluation Systems (MiniBESTest), TUG with simple and dual- task. The mean of age was 59.2 ± 5 years for cancer group and 60.2 ± 5 years for the control group. Student's t-test for independent samples showed that there was no statistical difference (p> 0.05) between the groups for: MiniBESTest score, TUG with simple and dual-task. Women with cancer did not present balance impairments compared to control group according to MiniBESTest, and TUG with simple and dual-task.

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Published

2020-02-13

How to Cite

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Evaluation of balance of women with breast câncer. Colloquium Vitae [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 13 [cited 2025 Oct. 23];11(3):92-8. Available from: https://journal.unoeste.br/index.php/cv/article/view/3308

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