Manual lymphatic drainage improves the quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 452-458

  Molski, Pawel ^a,b   Kruczyński, Jacek ^b   Molski, Andrzej ^a   Molski, Stanislaw ^a  

^a Eskulap Health Centre   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Manual lymphatic drainage; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC VEIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOT VOLUMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS REFILLING TIME; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84879803746     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2013.35343     Document Type: Article

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