Effectiveness of postoperative physical therapy for upper-limb impairments after breast cancer treatment: A systematic review

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1140-1153

  De Groef, An ^a   Van Kampen, Marijke ^a   Dieltjens, Evi ^a   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^a,b   Neven, Patrick ^a   Geraerts, Inge ^a   Devoogdt, Nele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Physical therapy modalities; Rehabilitation; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ARM DISEASE; ARM PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LYMPHEDEMA; MANUAL STRETCHING; MOBILIZATION; MYOFASCIAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; STRETCHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84931575515     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.01.006     Document Type: Review

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