Yoga for women with breast cancer-related lymphoedema: A preliminary 6-month study

Journal of Lymphoedema

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 30-38

  Douglass, Janet ^a   Immink, Maarten ^b   Piller, Neil ^c   Ullah, Shahid ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer related lymphoedema; Yoga

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; SKIN CARE; SPECTROSCOPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; YOGA;

EID: 84879115604     PISSN: 17507235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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