Efficacy of pneumatic compression and low-level laser therapy in the treatment of postmastectomy lymphoedema: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Kozanoglu, Erkan ^a   Basaran, Sibel ^a   Paydas, Semra ^a   Sarpel, Tunay ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LONG TERM CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPHEDEMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTMASTECTOMY ARM LYMPHEDEMA; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 59349091674     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508096173     Document Type: Article

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