Does the effect of weight lifting on lymphedema following breast cancer differ by diagnostic method: Results from a randomized controlled trial

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 227-234

  Hayes, Sandra C ^a   Speck, Rebecca M ^b   Reimet, Elizabeth ^b   Stark, Azadeh ^b,c,d   Schmitz, Kathryn H ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic methods; Lymphedema; Randomized controlled trial; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERLIMB RATIO; INTERLIMB SIZE; INTERLIMB VOLUME; INTERVENTION STUDY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 82455188103     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1547-6     Document Type: Article

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