Larissa Vaz Gonçalves, Karine Anusca Martins, Jordana Carolina Marques Godinho Mota, Ruffo de Freitas Júnior, Polianna Ribeiro dos Santos, Jéssika Dayane Pereira Soares, Lara Caroline Barroso da Silva, Lorena Morais Costa
Institution: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS – FM
“The objective was to describe physical mobility by walking test in women with breast cancer treated at Mastology program of a federal public hospital in Goiânia, Goiás. It was used a Descriptive cross-sectional study nested in a cohort. We conducted the measurement of physical mobility by means four meters per second walk test, following score Guralnik (definition of cutoff points for functional capacity tests). Following the protocol, it was established the way of four meters, delimited straight line, using comfortable steps of a daily usual walk and at the end it was (of the way) noted the time in seconds of each patient. The walking speed was divided into four categories and ranked score: one point (longer than 8.79 seconds); two points (time between 6.21 and 8.70 seconds); three points (time between 4.82 and 6.20 seconds) and four points (time less than 4.82 seconds). It is known that the lower score, worse the performance. The sample consisted of 27 women with a average age of 52.2 ± 11.17 years, of which eight (30.0%) were older and 19 (70%) were adults. It was observed that, in this sample, the greater the age, the lower the score in the walk test, and six (75%) older got three points and two (25%) one point. While ten (52.0%) adults have obtained four points (maximum points), which corresponded to a greater physical mobility of the latter group. It was observed that older women with breast cancer had reduced physical mobility expressed by the walk test. Given the declines of many musculoskeletal systems related to aging that reduce the functional and activities of daily living, there is the need for monitoring these conditions can with sedentary behavior negatively influence breast cancer prognosis.
Key words: breast cancer; aging; mobility; sedentary lifestlyle”