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Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the effect of upper limbs strengthening exercises versus electrical stimulation by Russian current on breast ptosis in women. Forty five women with breast ptosis aged 25 to 35 years old assigned in three groups equal in number: group (A) did not participated in any treatment program; while group (B) participated in upper limbs strengthening exercises five times per week for four weeks, and group (C) received sessions electrical stimulation with Russian current three times per week for four weeks. Evaluation was done through measuring the stage of breast ptosis using the tape measurement and a 12 inches ruler, and through assessing the strength of the shoulder muscles using the hand held dynamometer pre-and post treatment. Results revealed that control group showed no significant difference in distance between nipples and IMC (P=0.33), distance between sternal notch and nipple (P=0.43), and strength of shoulder flexors (P=0.72), shoulder extensors (P=0.66), shoulder external rotators (P=0.56), shoulder internal rotators (P=0.18), shoulder abductors (P=0.13) and shoulder adductors (P=0.21). Exercise group showed highly significant decrease in distance between sternal notch and nipple (P=0.0001), while it showed highly significant increase in distance between nipples and IMC (P=0.0001), and strength of shoulder flexors (P=0.0001), shoulder extensors (P=0.0001), shoulder external rotators (P=0.0001), shoulder internal rotators (P=0.0001), shoulder abductors (P=0.0001) and shoulder adductors (P=0.0001). Russian current group showed a highly significant decrease in distance between sternal notch and nipple (P=0.0001), while it showed highly significant increase in distance between nipples and IMC (P=0.0001), and strength of shoulder flexors (P=0.0001), shoulder internal rotators (P=0.0001) and shoulder adductors (P=0.0001), while it showed no significant difference in strength of shoulder extensors (P=0.17), shoulder external rotators (P=0.21) and shoulder abductors (P=0.14)