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Effects of Chemotherapy Treatment on Muscle Strength Indicators, Functional Capacity and Biopsychosocial Aspects of Women With Breast Cancer

Version 1 : Received: 12 June 2023 / Approved: 13 June 2023 / Online: 13 June 2023 (10:56:52 CEST)

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Alves, R.R. Effects of Chemotherapy Treatment on Muscle Strength Indicators, Functional Capacity and Biopsychosocial Aspects of Women with Breast Cancer. American Journal of Cancer Research 2024, 14, 762–773, doi:10.62347/nldk3210. Alves, R.R. Effects of Chemotherapy Treatment on Muscle Strength Indicators, Functional Capacity and Biopsychosocial Aspects of Women with Breast Cancer. American Journal of Cancer Research 2024, 14, 762–773, doi:10.62347/nldk3210.

Abstract

Background: Evidences on the effects of chemotherapy treatment cycles on measures of muscle, mental state, social and cognitive performance are scarce. Objective: To analyze the effects of chemotherapy cycles on muscle strength and activation, functional capacity, quality of life, fatigue and anxiety of women with breast cancer. Methods: Twenty-two women divided into a treatment group (n = 10; 46.6 ± 9.6 years) and control group (n = 12; 51.6 ± 7.0 years) participated in the study. Analysis of muscle performance, quality of life, fatigue and anxiety after the 2nd and 4th cycle of chemotherapy with anthracyclines and cyclophosphamide were performed in women with breast cancer (TRA) and compared to healthy women (CTR). Two-way ANOVA was used to compare the variance of the means and the significance level was set as p≤0.05. Results: Differences were found in the muscular activation of the vastus medialis between the groups at post time (p = 0.038), as well as in the sit and stand test in the baseline (p<0.001) and post moment (p<0.001). Functional capacity performance was different between baseline (p<0.001) and post-time (p<0.001) groups. Additionally, the TRA group worsened the quality of life in the domains of functional capacity (p<0.001) and limitation of physical aspects (p=0.002), besides presenting negative changes in fatigue. Conclusion: Anthracycline and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy cycles reduce muscular performance and affect biopsychosocial variables in women with breast cancer.

Keywords

chemotherapy; anthracyclines; cyclophosphamide; muscle strength; quality of life

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services

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