The efficacy of complex decongestive physiotherapy (CDP) and predictive factors of lymphedema severity and response to CDP in breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL)

Breast

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-706

  Liao, Su Fen ^a   Li, Shu Hua ^a   Huang, Hsin Ya ^a   Chen, Shou Tung ^a   Kuo, Shou Jen ^a   Chen, Dar Ren ^a   Wei, Ta Sen ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Compression therapy; Decongestive therapy; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER RELATED LYMPHEDEMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX DECONGESTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BREAST CANCER; CDP; COMPLEX DECONGESTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DECONGESTIVE THERAPY; HEALTHY ARM VOLUME; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA ARM VOLUME; PERCENTAGE OF EXCESS VOLUME; PERCENTAGE REDUCTION OF EXCESS VOLUME; PEV; PREV; V(H); V(L);

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; DRAINAGE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84884165278     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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