Complex physical therapy for lymphoedema of the limbs

Physiotherapy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 252-256

  Woźniewski, Marek ^a   Jasinski, Ryszard ^a   Pilch, Urszula ^a   Dabrowska, Grazyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; LIMB DISEASE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASTECTOMY; MELANOMA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034998715     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60786-9     Document Type: Article

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