Weight Lifting in Patients With Lower-Extremity Lymphedema Secondary to Cancer: A Pilot and Feasibility Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1070-1076

  Katz, Elana ^a   Dugan, Nicole L ^b   Cohn, Joy C ^b   Chu, Christina ^c   Smith, Rebecca G ^d   Schmitz, Kathryn H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Good Shepherd Penn Partners   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Lymphedema; Neoplasms; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT LIFTING;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 77953854259     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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