Manual lymph drainage improving upper extremity edema and hand function in patients with systemic sclerosis in edematous phase

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1134-1141

  Bongi, Susanna Maddali ^a   Del Rosso, Angela ^a   Passalacqua, Mauro ^b   Miccio, Sara ^b   Cerinic, Marco Matucci ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Associazione Multidisciplinare Riabilitazione Reumatologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOBILITY IN SCLERODERMA; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE; MENTAL SYNTHETIC INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL SYNTHETIC INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; LYMPH; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84860388840     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20487     Document Type: Article

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