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Filter by:The aim of this study is to further explore the optimal screening factors for functional lymphatic vessels in lymphaticovenous anastomosis in patients with lymphedema.
Our aim was to identify optimal incision sites for LVA in extremity lymphedema that would result in the most effective drainage effect for reducing limb edema and enhancing patients' quality of life.
The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of balance exercises performed with the BOSU ball added to complete decongestive treatment on static and dynamic balance in patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema.
Type of this study: Prospective randomized controlled study. The aim of our study is to compare patients with lymphedema who have undergone lymphovenous anastomosis surgery receiving Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy (CDP), patients with lymphedema who have not undergone surgery who receive Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy, in terms of Extremity Volume, Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction. 26 volunteers will be included in the study as patients with lymphedema who have undergone lymphovenous anastomosis surgery and KBF (n=13), only KBF (n=13), application groups. How effective is lymphovenous anastomosis surgery and KBF or only CDP acutely in the treatment of lymhedema?
The vascular physiotherapy department of the UCL University Clinics of Mont-Godinne specializes in the physiotherapeutic management of lymphoedema. Since 2018, an agreement has been established with INAMI to evaluate the effect of complex decongestion therapy on lymphoedema and its impact on patients' quality of life. One of the aims of the treatment is to reduce the volume of lymphoedema and the discomfort or even pain associated with it. More generally, pain can have a significant functional impact, especially when it becomes chronic. As pain is subjective and influenced by many factors, it is difficult to assess it. Therefore it is interesting to consider psychosocial factors when assessing pain, in order to propose a global management approach. At Mont-Godinne, pain-related data is currently collected on a numerical scale from 0 to 10, using the Lymph-ICF questionnaire. Moreover, in Belgium, reimbursement for lymphoedema care in the form of pathology E or F is based mainly on volume measurements. The main aim of this study is to identify correlations between lymphoedema volume and pain related to lower limbs and to determine if pain could reduced when lymphoedema volume is decreased using current therapy. The second objective is collecting demographic data to assess the need for a comprehensive, specific and systematic approach to pain in the management of lymphoedema. To proceed this assessment, we have sought the opinion of the Ethics Committee regarding the anonymous collection of new data from patients treated via a medical history and the introduction of three validated questionnaires (Brief Pain Inventory - short version, Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (OMSPQ) - short version and the DN4 scale) at D0 (start of complex decongestion therapy) and D4 (end of complex decongestion therapy). No interventions or measures other than those used in clinical practice will be added.
The purpose of this study to test whether a comprehensive program may help the lymph fluid to drain out of the arm and prevent lymphedema in participants with breast cancer.
The goal of this two-phase project is to adapt The-Optimal-Lymph-Flow (TOLF) behavioral intervention to be culturally appropriate, and subsequently test the intervention in Black and Hispanic patients. The investigators have developed and tested behavioral intervention program TOLF that builds patients' self-management skills to promote lymph flow and results in complete pain reduction, reduced lymph fluid level, reversed mild lymphedema, and improved quality of life (QOL). Of concern, this promising intervention has not been adapted to reduce patient barriers (e.g., relevance, cost, time, travel, competing demands) and system barriers (e.g., intervention availability, staffing, therapist) to timely interventions faced by Black and Hispanic women. Specific aims are to: Aim 1: Engage Black and Hispanic women (N=24) in adapting TOLF to be highly culturally appropriate. The investigators will conduct focus groups to refine TOLF focusing on barriers faced by and preferences of Black and Hispanic women. Aim 2: Conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) (N=60) equally allocating women to either 1) TOLF or 2) lymphedema education (e-Lymph) to examine feasibility, acceptability, and examine primary outcomes (lymphatic pain, pain severity and interference, and lymph fluid level) and secondary outcomes (daily living function, psychological distress, QOL, self-efficacy for pain management) of the culturally appropriate behavioral interventions.
Sixty eight female patients who had symptoms of carpal tunnel syndromesuch as wrist pain or numbness and paraesthesia and had lymphedema of an upper extremity.Their ages will be ranged from 40 to 60 years. The participants will be selected from Out Patient clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University and randomly distributed into two equal groups.Duration of treatment for 4weeks.All subjects signed an informed consent form, and the rights of subjects were protected.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a standardized lymphedema and fibrosis self-management program (LEF-SMP) to improve LEF self-management and reduce LEF-associated symptom burden, functional deficits, and improve quality of life in head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors.
The objective of this study is 1) to study the acute and chronic effect of resistance therapeutic physical exercise (RTPE) in the prevention of breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) in breast cancer survivors at risk using variables related to the lymphatic response; 2) Study the possible relationship between changes in body composition at a local and regional level and volume changes produced by RTPE in patients at risk of suffering from BCRL.