Can the Weight of an External Breast Prosthesis Influence Trunk Biomechanics during Functional Movement in Postmastectomy Women?

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the participants.

Parameters	All study participants		Operation side, right (R)		Operation side, left (L)
	()		()		()
Variables	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	value
Age (years)	58.18	11.39	58.10	12.43	58.27	9.91	0.917
Height (cm)	163.75	5.6	163.07	6.15	164.64	4.66	0.048
Weight (kg)	74.22	11.23	72.79	11.32	76.09	10.89	0.038
BMI (kg/m^2)	27.73	4.29	27.47	4.55	28.08	3.93	0.314
Time after mastectomy (month)	30.63	41.78	29.59	41.48	32.00	42.37	0.684
Breast size	Number of women	% of all	Number of women	% of R	Number of women	% of L
A	0	0	0	0	0	0
B	9	17.5	5	17	4	18
C	29	57	16	55.5	13	59
D	13	25.5	8	27.5	5	23
E	0	0	0	0	0	0

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index.