Intermittent pneumatic compression acts synergistically with manual lymphatic drainage in complex decongestive physiotherapy for breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 188-194

  Szolnoky, Gyözö ^a   Lakatos, B ^a   Keskeny, T ^a   Varga, E ^a   Varga, M ^a   Dobozy, A ^a,b   Kemeny L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphadenectomy; Lymphedema; Physiotherapy; Pneumatic pump

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX DECONGESTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION; LIMB VOLUME REDUCTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CARE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77049110376     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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