Short and Long Term Effects of a Physical Therapy Program After Breast Cancer Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •Breast cancer recurrence;
• •Surgical treatment for bilateral breast cancer;
• •Presence of lymphedema in the upper limb, measured by means of cirtometry of the upper limb with a measuring tape 14, asymmetries of more than 1.5 cm between the limbs were considered edema;
• •Diagnosis of metastases;
• •Shoulder pain compatible with shoulder compression symptoms as determined by the positive Hawkins-Kennedy test 30;
• •Previous history of surgery and fractures in the upper extremities.