Has Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD), immediately applied after the axillary dissection during 5 months, a preventive effect on the development of arm lymphedema
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Breast cancer, lymphedema, prevention, manual lymphatic drainageBorstkanker, lymfoedeem, preventie, manuele lymfedrainage
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22079
- Lead Sponsor
- Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenFaculteit Bewegings- en Revalidatiewetenschappen
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who had primary breast surgery with axillary dissection in the University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who had breast surgery with sentinel procedure;
2. Patients with bilateral axillary dissection;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of arm lymphedema: defined by > 200 ml increase of the arm volume compared with the preoperative value.<br>All patients from the control group and from the experimental group are measured first preoperatively and then 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years after the breast surgery.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functioning problems of the patients.<br>At each measurement session the patient fills in the 'LYMF-SBP questionnaire'. This is a reliable and valid questionnaire that scores the consequences of an arm lymphedema in terms of 'International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health'.<br><br>Shoulder mobility: anteflexion, abduction, functional exo- and endorotation (also each measurement session).<br><br>Visible axillo-axillary anastomoses and visible rerouting of lymphatics from the arm to the trunk.<br>Patients are asked to undergo a lymphoscintigraphic examination at the following points in time: before the start of the therapy, after 5 months of therapy and 6 months later. We want to include 20 patients in the experimental group and 20 patients in the control group.