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Review
. 2017 Feb;33(1):98-105.
doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2016.11.010. Epub 2017 Jan 4.

Exercise for the Patient after Breast Cancer Surgery

Donna J Wilson
Review

Exercise for the Patient after Breast Cancer Surgery

Donna J Wilson. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To describe how mobilization stretches and exercise decrease shoulder impairments, a complication related to breast cancer surgery, thus improving quality of life.

Data sources: PubMed, Medline, Medline-Ovid.

Conclusion: Mobilization stretches and exercises after breast surgery are an effective way to improve shoulder range of motion and decrease chest tightness and pain.

Implications for nursing practice: Nurses who provide care to breast cancer patients need to teach and encourage patients to exercise postoperatively to eliminate or minimize the side effects of surgery.

Keywords: breast cancer; exercise; exercise benefits; mobilization stretches; surgery; weight training.

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