Exercise and secondary lymphedema: Safety, potential benefits, and research issues

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-489

  Hayes, Sandi C ^a   Reul Hirche, Hildegard ^b   Turner, Jane ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arm swelling; Breast cancer; Physical activity; Recovery; Treatment related side effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; PEROMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST TUMOR; IMPEDANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149132734     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818b98fb     Document Type: Article

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