{"title":"Manual therapy considerations for adhesive capsulitis in the breast cancer population: a clinical perspective.","authors":"Diana Garrett, Gary Kearns, Steve Karas","doi":"10.1080/10669817.2025.2506721","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adhesive capsulitis (AC) is common in women aged 40-60, overlapping with the population at higher risk for breast cancer. Many breast cancer survivors develop shoulder dysfunction, including AC, due to cancer treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, leading to pain, limited mobility, altered biomechanics, and soft tissue contracture. Despite the prevalence of AC in this population, clinical guidelines for its management remain underexplored. Manual therapy can play a key role in improving quality of life for these individuals.Understanding the pain mechanisms - nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic - can inform appropriate treatment strategies for breast cancer survivors with AC. This clinical perspective integrates manual therapy principles into the evaluation and management of AC in this population. As breast cancer cases continue to rise, clinicians must recognize the impact of cancer treatment sequelae on orthopedic conditions to optimize patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":47319,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2025.2506721","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"REHABILITATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Adhesive capsulitis (AC) is common in women aged 40-60, overlapping with the population at higher risk for breast cancer. Many breast cancer survivors develop shoulder dysfunction, including AC, due to cancer treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, leading to pain, limited mobility, altered biomechanics, and soft tissue contracture. Despite the prevalence of AC in this population, clinical guidelines for its management remain underexplored. Manual therapy can play a key role in improving quality of life for these individuals.Understanding the pain mechanisms - nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic - can inform appropriate treatment strategies for breast cancer survivors with AC. This clinical perspective integrates manual therapy principles into the evaluation and management of AC in this population. As breast cancer cases continue to rise, clinicians must recognize the impact of cancer treatment sequelae on orthopedic conditions to optimize patient care.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the publication of original research, case reports, and reviews of the literature that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of manual therapy, clinical research, therapeutic practice, and academic training. In addition, each issue features an editorial written by the editor or a guest editor, media reviews, thesis reviews, and abstracts of current literature. Areas of interest include: •Thrust and non-thrust manipulation •Neurodynamic assessment and treatment •Diagnostic accuracy and classification •Manual therapy-related interventions •Clinical decision-making processes •Understanding clinimetrics for the clinician