Effect of manual lymph drainage in addition to guidelines and exercise therapy on arm lymphoedema related to breast cancer: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7824, 2011, Pages

  Devoogdt, Nele ^a,b,c   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^a,b   Geraerts, Inge ^a,b   Truijen, Steven ^c   Smeets, Ann ^a,b   Leunen, Karin ^a,b   Neven, Patrick ^a,b   Van Kampen, Marijke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Artesis University   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84859004177     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5326     Document Type: Article

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