Manual lymphatic drainage therapy in patients with breast cancer related lymphoedema

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Martín, Marta L ^a   Hernández, Miguel A ^a   Avendaño, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco ^b   Martínez, Helena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Fundación Laín Entralgo   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MASSAGE; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; MASTECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953055606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-94     Document Type: Article

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