Aqua lymphatic therapy in managing lower extremity lymphedema

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-183

  Tidhar, Dorit ^a   Drouin, Jacqueline ^b   Shimony, Avi ^c  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; MUSCLE TRAINING; SELF CARE; STRETCHING; SWIMMING; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY; WATER TEMPERATURE; AGED; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VULVA TUMOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250200469     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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