The short-term effects of low-level laser therapy in the management of breast-cancer-related lymphedema

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 685-690

  Dirican, Abuzer ^a   Andacoglu, Oya ^a   Johnson, Ronald ^a   McGuire, Kandace ^a   Mager, Lisa ^b   Soran, Atilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Low level laser therapy; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAR; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLULITIS; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958235656     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0888-8     Document Type: Article

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