Is physiotherapy useful to the breast cancer patient?

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 423-424

  Johansson, Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDAGE; BREAST CANCER; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER;

EID: 23944439599     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860510029914     Document Type: Editorial

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