Short-term changes in handgrip strength, body composition, and lymphedema induced by breast cancer surgery;Alterações a curto prazo na força de preensão palmar, composição corporal e linfedema induzido pela cirurgia do câncer de mama

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 244-250

  Gomes, Patricia Rodrigues Lourenço ^a   Freitas Junior, Ismael Forte ^b   Da Silva, Camila Buonani ^b   Gomes, Igor Conterato ^a   Rocha, Ana Paula Rodrigues ^b   Salgado, Afonso Shiguemi Inoue ^c   Do Carmo, Edna Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c CESUMAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Breast cancer; Hand strength; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTOR;

BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905236814     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-720320140005004     Document Type: Article

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