Operational equivalence of bioimpedance indices and perometry for the assessment of unilateral arm lymphedema

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Ward, Leigh C ^a   Czerniec, Sharon ^b   Kilbreath, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROMETER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONITOR; PEROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTROMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651009022     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2008.1027     Document Type: Article

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