Swelling, numbness, pain, and their relationship to arm function among breast cancer survivors: A disablement process model perspective

Breast Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 338-348

  Bosompra, Kwadwo ^a   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^b   O'Brien, Patricia J ^c   Nelson, Lee ^c   Skelly, Joan ^b  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disablement model; Lymphedema; Numbness; Pain; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 0036847702     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2002.08603.x     Document Type: Article

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