The effect of pilates exercise on memory, attention and balance in woman with post mastectomy lymphedema, shahid motahari clinic

The effect of Pilates exercises on memory, attention and balance in women with lymphatic drainage after mastectomy.

This is an interventional randomized clinical trial with parallel control and control group

The research area is Shahid Motahari Clinic in Shiraz. Samples are selected based on the conditions of entry into the study and written consent is taken from patients. Then, as a pre-test, Stroop tests for measuring attention, N-Back are used to measure memory and stand on one foot to measure the balance. In order to create the equilibrium of the samples, randomly and using a random number table, the blocks are assigned to the intervention and control groups by block method.

Conditions for the entry of women with secondary lymph nodes in the upper limb after mastectomy confirmed by the clinician and determined to participate in the study. Conditions of non-arrival of unwillingness to cooperate and creating any condition that leads to exacerbation of illness.

The score of people's memory will be estimated through the N-Back test. The score will be estimated by the Stroop test. The score is the balance of scores that will be obtained by testing the single-leg stand. Pilates is a 4-week Pilates training session, with 3 hours per week per week. The exercises include general heating 10 minutes, specialized heating, prerequisite and level two pilates for 45 minutes and cooling the body for 5 minutes.

Independent variable Pilates exercises. Attention, memory, and variable equilibrium are dependent. Gender, age, other illnesses, drug use, time and volume of exercise, special motor control experiences are variable. The family environment, environment and living conditions are disturbing variables.

For sampling in this study, women with secondary lymphatic encephalomy following a modified radical mastectomy referring to the lymphatic clinic of Shahid Motahari clinic in Shiraz were selected based on their inclusion criteria and the purpose of the study. Then they were randomly selected Using random numbers, blocks are assigned to two groups by block method.  First, the researcher creates the different permutations of A (representing the intervention group) and B (representing the control group), which consists of 6 different modes. For example, BABA-6, ...., ABAB-2, AABB-1). Then, to select the sample individuals from the table, move your finger randomly from a random point table in the direction of a row or column. If the number is between one and six, the permutation of that number is noted. For example, if the number 6 comes, we will record ABAB permutations, and thus eligible patients will be in the control group and in the intervention group (Pilates training group).