Participants
HCAB, TG, mental disorders or psychological disorders, pain
BREAST NEOPLASMS
Thirty-one women (30 to 59 years old) selected in the Hospital participated in the study, through standardized invitations given at routine meetings at the institution. The inclusion criteria were: 1)Not having performed physical training for at least 6 months, 2)Being on treatment (chemotherapy and hormone therapy, radiotherapy) or monitoring of breast neoplasms, 3)No diagnosis of mental disorders or psychological disorders, 4)Able to communicate verbally, 5)No motor restrictions, 6)Not pregnant or lactating, 7)Performing all evaluations, 8)Having previous medical release. To remain in the physical training group, it was necessary to not be absent from more than three consecutive sessions.Patients were contacted and invited to participate in this study by telephone, through invitations issued at regularly-scheduled meetings with HCAB patients, and by referral from oncologists, mastologists, physiatrists, physical therapists, psychologists and pain management specialists. Patients who showed interest received a complete explanation of the study.Groups were divided 1:1, they were randomly with sweepstakes, assigned to groups into the Training Group (TG), with 15 patients who performed CT for 12 weeks together with conventional hospital treatment, and the Control Group (CG) with 16 patients who only underwent conventional hospital treatment (chemotherapy and hormone therapy, radiotherapy) for 12 weeks. The physical evaluations were performed blindly by the evaluator, who was only informed of the day and time of evaluations. The sample size was calculated using statistical G-power 3.1, with power 0.8 and level of significance 0.05, which showed that twelve participants were needed.Participants were informed about the objectives of the study and written informed consent was obtained. The study had approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Maranhão, protocol number 20665713.2.0000.5087 and Trial Registration: NCT03061773.Assessments of both the TG and the CG were conducted at the study's outset to establish a baseline, and at the end of 12 weeks, corresponding to the length of the combined training intervention. The team was trained in the application of each survey and test procedure, and the researchers were blinded with regards to the physical assessments, only being informed of the day and time of the assessments.