The effect of electrotherapy modalities on pain and swelling in patients with breast cancer
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- breast cancer.Malignant neoplasm of breast
- Registration Number
- IRCT201310292391N14
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusions criteria: Women with a history of breast cancer for at least the age of 18 ; for at least surgery and chemotherapy or surgery and radiation therapy ; suffering lymph edema
Exclusion criteria: Malignancies, including malignant lymph edema, bilateral breast cancer; Cancer or recurrent infection in the arm ; congenital lymph edema ; Patients who for other reasons such as trauma, burns, damage to lymph masses of the region have been affected by lymph edema.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: before treatment and after the tenth session. Method of measurement: numeric analog scale (NAS).;Swelling. Timepoint: before treatment and after the tenth session. Method of measurement: difference in volume between the two sides in various locations and measuring the difference between the volumes of fluid displacement.;Function. Timepoint: before treatment and after the tenth session. Method of measurement: DASH questionnaires (Disability of Arm Shoulder Hand).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method