RESUMOIntrodução: O câncer de mama, dentre as neoplasias malignas, é o segundo tipo de câncer mais frequente e o mais prevalente na classe feminina. Várias são as transformações físicas e emocionais pelas quais passam as mulheres com tal diagnóstico. Objetivo: Revisar a relação física e emocional existente entre as mulheres e a mastectomia. Metodologia: O método utilizado foi uma revisão literária de bases de dados e revistas especializadas, do período de 2006 a 2012. Foram utilizados os seguintes descritores: "mastectomia", "fisioterapia" e "câncer de mama". Como critérios de inclusão, os estudos deveriam preencher as seguintes condições: apresentar sequelas físicas e emocionais no pós-operatório do procedimento cirúrgico; relacionar a mastectomia com as mulheres. Foram excluídos artigos que não tivessem relação entre a mastectomia e as mulheres. Para a análise dos dados, foram extraídas informações de cada artigo referentes às condições físicas e emocionais no período pós-procedimento cirúrgico, assim como exercícios abordados para melhor recuperação das pacientes, relação entre os procedimentos realizados, alterações físico-emocionais da paciente e a influência da sexualidade após a mastectomia. Resultados: Foram coletados e analisados 25 estudos referentes à mastectomia e às mulheres mastectomizadas. As mulheres mastectomizadas passam por sensações negativas tanto físicas quanto emocionais no período pós-operatório, com destaque para a vida sexual, social e física. As mulheres mastectomizadas comumente apresentam depreciação da imagem corporal, e a aparência física está relacionada com o fato de sentirem o seu corpo incompleto. Conclusão: A mulher mastectomizada necessita do apoio familiar e conjugal e de acompanhamento multiprofissional.Palavras-chave: mastectomia; câncer de mama; fisioterapia. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among the malignancies, and the most prevalent in female class. Many are the physical and emotional difficulties for women with this diagnosis. Objective: To review the physical and emotional relationship between women and mastectomy. Methodology: The method used was a literature review of databases and journals in the period of 2006 to 2012, being used the following descriptors: "mastectomy", "therapy" and "breast cancer". For inclusion, studies had to meet the following conditions: physical and emotional sequelae postoperatively the surgical procedure; relate mastectomy with women. It was excluded articles that had no relation between mastectomy and women. For data analysis, it were extracted informations from each article regarding the physical and emotional conditions in the period after surgical procedure, exercise addressed to better recovery of patients, the relationship between the procedures performed, the physical and emotional changes and the influence of patient sexuality after mastectomy. Results: It was collected and analyzed 25 studies related to women who had mastectomies and mastectomy. Women undergo mastectomies negative feelings, ...

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Introduction: The Kinesio Taping method (KT) was created by the Japanese chiropractor Kenso Kase in the 70s. He was trying to develop a tape which could help the normal function of the muscle tissue in order to give an external support without cause limitations to these tissues. Objectives: To evaluate the strength of extensor musculature of patients’ knees in the post-operatory of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and compare the strength, power and resistance of the extensor musculature of the knee with and without the use of the tapes of the KT method. Method: The studying of the kind of the reported case, where it was applied the KT tape on the extensor musculature of a patient’s knee who was undergone corrective surgery of ACL, it was used the Biodex SYSTME 3 PRO. Results: It was verified that in the first exam the left femoral quadriceps presented the deficit of strength, power and resistance related to the right one. In the third exam it was applied the KT tape and there was a decrease of the deficits of strength and power and an increase of the deficit of resistance. Conclusion: The use of the KT tape potentiates the gain of the strength and power of the weakened musculature and increase the values of the deficit of the muscle resistance and it can be a auxiliary resource in the physiotherapic treatment.

Introduction: The Kinesio Taping method (KT) was created by the Japanese chiropractor Kenso Kase in the 70s. He was trying to develop a tape which could help the normal function of the muscle tissue in order to give an external support without cause limitations to these tissues. Objectives: To evaluate the strength of extensor musculature of patients’ knees in the post-operatory of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and compare the strength, power and resistance of the extensor musculature of the knee with and without the use of the tapes of the KT method. Method: The studying of the kind of the reported case, where it was applied the KT tape on the extensor musculature of a patient’s knee who was undergone corrective surgery of ACL, it was used the Biodex SYSTME 3 PRO. Results: It was verified that in the first exam the left femoral quadriceps presented the deficit of strength, power and resistance related to the right one. In the third exam it was applied the KT tape and there was a decrease of the deficits of strength and power and an increase of the deficit of resistance. Conclusion: The use of the KT tape potentiates the gain of the strength and power of the weakened musculature and increase the values of the deficit of the muscle resistance and it can be a auxiliary resource in the physiotherapic treatment.