Endermologie® (with and without compression bandaging) - A new treatment option for secondary arm lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-137

  Moseley, A L ^a   Esplin, M ^a   Piller, Neil B ^a,b   Douglass, J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphedema; Mechanical massage; Objective outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ARM; BANDAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BANDAGES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848961025     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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