Progressive resistance training and stretching following surgery for breast cancer: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMC Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kilbreath, Sharon L ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Beith, Jane M ^b   Ward, Leigh C ^c   Simpson, Judy M ^d   Hansen, Ross D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM EXERCISE; ARM SWELLING; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER REHABILITATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33845610015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-6-273     Document Type: Article

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