Effect of home-based exercise program on lymphedema and quality of life in female postmastectomy patients: Pre-post intervention study

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1261-1268

  Gautam, Ajay P ^a,b   Maiya, Arun G ^a   Vidyasagar, Mamidipudi S ^b  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Home based exercise program; Mastectomy; Physiotherapy; Postmastectomy lymphedema; Progressive resistance exercise; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Upper limb exercise; Wilcoxon signed rank test

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; HOME-BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE EXERCISE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UPPER LIMBS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANK TEST;

DISEASES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; SURVEYS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOME BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SHORT FORM 36; STRETCHING EXERCISE; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATHING EXERCISES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855881592     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.05.0089     Document Type: Article

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