Management of secondary lymphedema related to breast cancer

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1277-1284

  Cheifetz, Oren ^a,b,c,d,e   Haley, Louise ^f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hamilton Health Sciences   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Canadian Physiotherapy Association   (Canada)

^e CanWell Program   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MUSCLE TRAINING; OSCILLATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOLUMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 78650506753     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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