Physiotherapy Applications in Upper Extremity Lipedema

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Lipedema which causes excessive accumulation of fat in the subcutaneous tissue, is a rare, progressive disease. This disease generally affects women, following puberty or early adulthood and usually results in the slow increase of the circumference of the legs and/or arms, bilaterally. In a typical presentation of lipedema, the enlargement of the lower extremities is disproportionately greater than that of the trunk and upper extremities When first described in 1940, lipedema was thought to exclusively affect the lower extremities. However, as the disease has been recognized over the years, lipedema has been reported to affect the upper extremities. Upper extremity lipedema, with no involvement of the lower extremities is an extremely rare incident.

Clinical Trial Description

Due to the hypertrophy in adipose tissue, the link between lymphatic dysfunction and the progression to lipo-lymphedema, lipedema is conservatively treated with physiotherapy, manual lymph drainage and compression, also known as complex decongestive physiotherapy. Furthermore, the consensus of the International Society of Lymphology has stated that intermittent pneumatic compression is an optional treatment which may be applied as an adjuvant therapy to complex decongestive physiotherapy. All participants included in the study were included in a treatment protocol consisting of complex decongestive physiotherapy and intermittent pneumatic compression. The Perometer was used in the measurement of upper extremity volume and circumference before and after treatment. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Lipedema

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04643392
Study type	Observational [Patient Registry]
Source	Yuksek Ihtisas University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase
Start date	September 2, 2019
Completion date	May 4, 2020

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