Short- and long-term recovery of upper limb function after axillary lymph node dissection

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Devoogdt, N ^a,c   Van Kampen, M ^a   Christiaens, M R ^a   Troosters, T ^b   Piot, W ^a   Beets, N ^b   Nys, S ^b   Gosselink, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Breast cancer; Lymphoedema; Pain; Shoulder mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SHOULDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78650392239     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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