Conservative interventions for preventing clinically detectable upper-limb lymphoedema in patients who are at risk of developing lymphoedema after breast cancer therapy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Stuiver, Martijn M ^a,b   ten Tusscher, Marieke R ^a   Agasi Idenburg, Carla S ^a   Lucas, Cees ^b   Aaronson, Neil K ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MASSAGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT RISK; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84934342597     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009765.pub2     Document Type: Review

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