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María Torres Lacomba
Researcher at University of Alcalá
Publications - 18
Citations - 764
María Torres Lacomba is an academic researcher from University of Alcalá. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myofascial pain syndrome & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications receiving 631 citations. Previous affiliations of María Torres Lacomba include American Physical Therapy Association.
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Effectiveness of early physiotherapy to prevent lymphoedema after surgery for breast cancer: randomised, single blinded, clinical trial
María Torres Lacomba,María José Sánchez,Álvaro Zapico Goñi,David Prieto Merino,Orlando Mayoral del Moral,Ester Cerezo Téllez,Elena Minayo Mogollón +6 more
TL;DR: Early physiotherapy could be an effective intervention in the prevention of secondary lymphoedema in women for at least one year after surgery for breast cancer involving dissection of axillary lymph nodes.
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Axillary web syndrome after axillary dissection in breast cancer: a prospective study
María Torres Lacomba,Orlando Mayoral del Moral,José Luís Coperias Zazo,María José Sánchez,Jean-Claude Ferrandez,Álvaro Zapico Goñi +5 more
TL;DR: The axillary web syndrome is a self-limiting and frequently overlooked cause of significant morbidity in the early post-operative period after breast cancer axillary surgery, which is characterized by axillary pain that runs down the medial arm, limited shoulder range of motion affecting mainly shoulder abduction, and cords of subcutaneous tissue extending from axilla into the medial hand.
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Incidence of myofascial pain syndrome in breast cancer surgery: a prospective study.
María Torres Lacomba,Orlando Mayoral del Moral,José Luís Coperias Zazo,Robert D. Gerwin,Álvaro Zapico Goñi +4 more
TL;DR: Myofascial pain syndrome is a common source of pain in women undergoing breast cancer surgery that includes axillary lymph node dissection at least during the first year after surgery and one potential cause of chronic pain in breast cancer survivors who have undergone this kind of surgery.
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The evaluation of pelvic floor muscle strength in women with pelvic floor dysfunction: A reliability and correlation study.
Beatriz Navarro Brazález,María Torres Lacomba,Pedro de la Villa,Beatriz Sánchez Sánchez,Virginia Prieto Gómez,Ángel Asúnsolo del Barco,Linda McLean +6 more
TL;DR: Evaluated the reliability of vaginal palpation, vaginal manometry, vaginal dynamometry; and surface (transperineal) electromyography (sEMG) when evaluating pelvic floor muscle strength and/or activation and determined the associations among PFM strength measured using these assessments.
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Dry needling of the trapezius muscle in office workers with neck pain: a randomized clinical trial.
Ester Cerezo-Téllez,María Torres Lacomba,Isabel Fuentes-Gallardo,Orlando Mayoral del Moral,Beatriz Rodrigo-Medina,Carlos Gutiérrez Ortega +5 more
TL;DR: The results support the use of DDN in the management of trapezius muscle myofascial pain syndrome in neck pain and appear to be more effective than passive stretch only in the short term.