Manual lymphatic drainage for lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Ezzo, Jeanette ^a   Manheimer, Eric ^b   Mcneely, Margaret L ^c   Howell, Doris M ^d   Weiss, Robert ^e   Johansson, Karin I ^f   Bao, Ting ^g   Bily, Linda ^h   Tuppo, Catherine M ^h   Williams, Anne F ⁱ   Karadibak, Didem ^j  

^a Research Director   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e Integrative Medicine and Breast Cancer Services ^*  (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h Stony Brook Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOLUMETRY; BANDAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BANDAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964697133     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003475.pub2     Document Type: Review

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