Acupuncture in the rehabilitation of women after breast cancer surgery - A case series

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-93

  Alem, Michele ^b   Gurgel, Maria Salete Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Breast cancer; Lymphoedema; Range of movement

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM CIRCUMFERENCE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REHABILITATION CARE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; SHOULDER FLEXION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM; BREAST TUMOR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER;

EID: 47049120755     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.26.2.86     Document Type: Article

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