FYSIOTERAPEUTEN 2/25 35 © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2025. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions (https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Published by Fysioterapeuten. Kort sagt • Oversiktsartikkelen, som er basert på 245 deltagere i randomiserte kontrollerte studier, viser at myofascial terapi har positiv effekt i behandling av fysiske senskader etter brystkreftbehandling ved å bidra til smertereduksjon og økt skulderfunksjon gjennom økt bevegelsesgrad i abduksjon. • Artikkelen viser også at det er behov for mer forskning på myofascial terapi og senskader etter brystkreftbehandling. • Resultatene og implikasjoner for praksis vil kunne være av betydning for klinikere som jobber med pasienter med senskader etter brystkreftbehandling. human studies, and publications from 2009 onward to reflect recent advances in BC diagnostics and treatment (9). Population of interest was participants with BC diagnosis whose cancer treatment involved surgery and radiotherapy. There were no limitations regarding age, gender, surgical methods, radiation dose or -area. Intervention of interest was exclusively manual MFT treatment of soft tissue performed in the surgical affected and radiated areas. Comparison or outcome were not specified. Search terms and synonyms (not specified here) were «breast cancer», «late effects», «surgery», «radiotherapy», «myofascial therapy», and «soft tissue». Searches were performed by two independent investigators (C.E. and Y.H.H.) on February 27th, 2020, and February 6th, 2023, where the last search provided no additional studies eligible for inclusion. We conducted hand-searches in articles retrieved through database searches, texts and other reviews, contacted a foreign expert for further information and searched at: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/ and https://clinicaltrials.gov/. Study Selection and Eligibility The selection of potential articles was done by two independent persons (C.E. and Y.H.H.) for verification of content and eligibility. Disagreements were solved by discussion until consensus was reached. After database searches were completed, duplicates were removed. Selection was firstly based on title and abstract, and final selection was based on full text. We excluded studies if participants had not had surgery and radiotherapy or did not receive MFT directed towards the affected areas of the body. Data Collection and Analyses The authors (C.E., I.D., Y.H.H.) compiled data from the included studies into a table (Table 1) with information on author, year, design, setting, population, sample size, intervention received by MFT-group and control group, outcomes, and tools used for measuring outcomes. Metaanalyses of the effect of MFT on selected outcome measures were performed using software Review Manager (RevMan) [Computer program] version 5.4. The Cochrane
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