Upper extremity impairments in women with or without lymphedema following breast cancer treatment
Open Access
- 7 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Cancer Survivorship
- Vol. 4 (2), 167-178
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-010-0118-x
Abstract
Breast-cancer-related lymphedema affects ∼25% of breast cancer (BC) survivors and may impact use of the upper limb during activity. The purpose of this study is to compare upper extremity (UE) impairment and activity between women with and without lymphedema after BC treatment.Keywords
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