The Effect of Zaltoprofen on Physiotherapy for Limited Shoulder Movement in Breast Cancer Patients: A Single-Blinded Before-After Trial Kimitaka Hase, MD, PhD, Michiyo Kamisako, RPT, Toshiyuki Fujiwara, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Tsuji, MD, PhD, Meigen Liu, MD, PhD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 87, Issue 12, Pages 1618-1622 (December 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.339 Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Overview of the study design. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 87, 1618-1622DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.339) Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Changes in active shoulder movements before and after PT. Active shoulder ROM in (A) flexion, (B) abduction, and (C) external rotation before and after a single session of PT treatment. NOTE. Values mean ± SD. Significant differences before and after PT in each group are indicated by: *P<.016, †P<.005, and ‡P<.001. Significant differences between the corresponding measurements in the control and zaltoprofen groups are indicated by: §P<.05 and ‖P<.01. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 87, 1618-1622DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.339) Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Pain score during active shoulder movements after PT. Means and 95% CIs of the pain score during active shoulder elevation movements after a single PT session in both groups. Note that the degree of pain at the baseline measurement was defined as 10. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 87, 1618-1622DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.339) Copyright © 2006 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions