Pectoral stretching program for women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Lee, T S ^a   Kilbreath, S L ^a   Refshauge, K M ^a   Pendlebury, S C ^b   Beith, J M ^b   Lee, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Exercise; Physical therapy; Radiotherapy; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN CARE; STRENGTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947540029     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9339-0     Document Type: Article

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