Upper-body morbidity following breast cancer treatment is common, may persist longer-term and adversely influences quality of life

Table 1 Mean upper-body function scores between six- and 18-months post-surgery*

Abbreviations: UBSE, upper-body strength and endurance; HG, hand grip; DASH, Disability of the Arm Shoulder and Hand questionnaire (0-100 scale, lower score = better function); SD, standard deviation.
* Results presented have been appropriately weighted (< 50 years:1.0; > 50 years:1.3) for oversampling of younger women.
^† Flexibility relates to flexion of the shoulder.
^‡ Statistically significant difference p < 0.05 from six months post-surgery.

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