Physiotherapy effects on quality of life of patients with swelling of the legs living in elephantiasis transmission area

Not Applicable

• Conditions: ymphedema; C15.604.496

• Registration Number: RBR-2z28qv
• Lead Sponsor: Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/ FIOCRUZ

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-10-27
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Residents in an endemic area of filariasis; of both sexes; age from 18 to 75 years old; who had lymphedema located in the leg, below the knee, unilaterally or bilaterally, ranked from stage II to stage V, according to Dreyer.

Exclusion Criteria

Will be excluded from the study patients with lymphedema above the knee (thigh), patients who are doing another treatment to reduce lymphedema, except patients on use of topical antifungal drugs and prophylactic antibiotics for secondary infections; have performed physical therapy for lymphedema in the three months prior to inclusion in the study; introduce infectious processes active and untreated during the project; present thrombophlebitis; have contraindications for manual lymphatic drainage (active neoplasms at the site of drainage, cellulitis, deep vein thrombosis in the acute phase, cardiac insufficiencies, liver and kidney desconpensada and uncontrolled hypertension); have contraindications for compressive bandaging (significant artery diseases in the lower limbs and neoplastic degeneration of lymphedema); present conditions that may compromise the sensitivity and also the functioning of the muscular system.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified