Randomised controlled trial to determine the benefit of daily home-based exercise in addition to self-care in the management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema: A feasibility study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1013-1023

  Jeffs, Eunice ^a   Wiseman, Theresa ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm swelling; Breast cancer; Home based exercise programme; Lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER RELATED LYMPHOEDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHEDEMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SELF CARE; SHOULDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84879794477     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1621-6     Document Type: Article

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