Postoperative Arm Massage: A Support for Women with Lymph Node Dissection

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Forchuk, Cheryl ^a,b,d   Baruth, Pat ^b   Prendergast, Monique ^b   Holliday, Ronald ^b   Bareham, Ruth ^e   Brimner, Susan ^e   Schulz, Valerie ^a   Chan, Yee Ching Lilian ^c   Yammine, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Lawson Health Research Institute ^*

Author keywords

Arm massage; Lymph node dissection; Pain reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER; STRESS;

EID: 0742322225     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200401000-00004     Document Type: Review

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