Massage therapy in the treatment of lymphedema.

Lymphedema (LE) afflicts hundreds of millions people worldwide. Manual lymph drainage, a specialized form of massage therapy, is an integral component - along with compression bandaging (CB) - of combined physical therapy (CPT), an internationally recommended optimal treatment. Experimental data fro...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 2 (2005).
Main Author:	Bernas, M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Combined physical therapy. Compression bandaging. Lymphedema treatment. Manual lymph drainage. Massage therapy. Mild stable upper-limb lymphedema. Volume reduction.