Kinesiotaping combined with pneumatic compression versus multilayer bandage on post-mastectomy lymphedema
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Registration Number
- PACTR201902658798814
- Lead Sponsor
- Mahmoud Moustafa
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
•All patients will be selected from female.
•The patients aged will be ranged from 45-60 years old.
•BMI between 18.5 – 30 Kg/m2.
•Unilateral post-mastectomy upper extremity lymphedema.
•Grade I & II severity of lymphedema.
Exclusion Criteria
•Bilateral upper extremity lymphedema
•Congestive heart failure, renal failure, taking anticoagulant drugs.
•Having surgery on arm.
•Malignant lymphedema,
•Infection in the arm,
•BMI more than 30 Kg/m2.
•Intolerable bandage, skin redness and intense itching as a result of bandages.
•The lack of cooperation from the patient.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Volumetric measurement;Anthropometric Measures of Limb Volume
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ymphedema Breast Cancer Questionnaire