Shoulder movement after breast cancer surgery: Results of a randomised controlled study of postoperative physiotherapy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-50

  Box, Robyn C ^a,b   Reul Hirche, Hildegard M ^c   Bullock Saxton, Joanne E ^a   Furnival, Colin M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Shoulder movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SHOULDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 0036707711     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016571204924     Document Type: Article

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