Efficacy of pneumatic compression and low-level laser therapy in the treatment of postmastectomy lymphoedema: a randomized controlled trial
Kozanoglu E, Basaran S, Paydas S, Sarpel T
Clinical rehabilitation · 48 citas
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Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Ensayo controlado aleatorizado (indexado por PubMed)
- Estudiado en
- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación no declarada
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2009-01-22 · Clin Rehabil · vol. 23 · número 2 · págs. 117–124
- Editorial
- SAGE Publishing
- Citado
- 90 citas · más que el 94% de estudios similares · 3.7× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 20 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Lymphatic System and Diseases · Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Body Contouring and Surgery
- Palabras clave
- intermittent pneumatic compression, low-level laser therapy, compression therapy, lymphedema treatment, limb circumference, pain, grip strength
- MeSH
- upper extremity, humans, lymphedema, pain measurement, hand strength, treatment outcome, mastectomy, prospective studies, intermittent pneumatic compression devices, adult, middle aged, female, physical therapy modalities, low-level light therapy
4 autores
- Erkan Kozanoğlu🇹🇷Cukurova University
- Sibel Başaran🇹🇷 · autor de correspondenciaCukurova University
- Semra Paydaş🇹🇷Cukurova University
- Tunay Sarpel🇹🇷Cukurova University
Resumen
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Objective
To compare the long-term efficacy of pneumatic compression and low-level laser therapies in the management of postmastectomy lymphoedema.
Design
Randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Cukurova University, Turkey.
Subjects
Forty-seven patients with postmastectomy lymphoedema were enrolled in the study.
Interventions
Patients were randomly allocated to pneumatic compression (group I, n=24) and low-level laser (group II, n=23) groups. Group I received 2 hours of compression therapy and group II received 20 minutes of laser therapy for four weeks. All patients were advised to perform daily limb exercises.
Main measures
Demographic features, difference between sum of the circumferences of affected and unaffected limbs (delta C), pain with visual analogue scale and grip strength were recorded.
Results
Mean age of the patients was 48.3 (10.4) years. Delta C decreased significantly at one, three and six months within both groups, and the decrease was still significant at month 12 only in group II (P = 0.004). Improvement of group II was greater than that of group I post treatment (P = 0.04) and at month 12 after 12 months (P = 0.02). Pain was significantly reduced in group I only at posttreatment evaluation, whereas in group II it was significant post treatment and at follow-up visits. No significant difference was detected in pain scores between the two groups. Grip strength was improved in both groups, but the differences between groups were not significant.
Conclusions
Patients in both groups improved after the interventions. Group II had better long-term results than group I. Low-level laser might be a useful modality in the treatment of postmastectomy lymphoedema.
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