Effects of Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Lymphedema After Breast Cancer

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

28

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 1, 2022

Primary Completion Date

July 1, 2022

Study Completion Date

October 27, 2022

Conditions
Lymphedema of Upper Limb
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Manual lymphatic drainage

"Subjects are randomly assigned to group 1. Group 1 receives treatment A\* for 4 weeks.~Afterwards, a period of washing or bleaching should be allowed in order to be sure that the effects of the intervention have disappeared. This period will last 2 months during which the usual treatment for LGA patients will be carried out, which consists of 2 monthly physiotherapy sessions, in this way it is intended that the subjects are in the initial state (as before the start of the first intervention). After this washout period, treatment B\*\* was applied to group 1 for 4 weeks.~\*Treatment A consists of manual lymphatic drainage.~\*\*Treatment B consists of no treatment"

PROCEDURE

Manual lymphatic drainage

"Subjects are randomly assigned to group 2. Group 2 receives treatment B\*\* for 4 weeks.~Afterwards, a period of washing or bleaching should be allowed in order to be sure that the effects of the intervention have disappeared. This period will last 2 months during which the usual treatment for LGA patients will be carried out, which consists of 2 monthly physiotherapy sessions, in this way it is intended that the subjects are in the initial state (as before the start of the first intervention). After this washout period, treatment A\* was applied to group 2 for 4 weeks.~\*Treatment A consists of manual lymphatic drainage.~\*\*Treatment B consists of no treatment"

Trial Locations (1)

36005

Faculty of Physiotherapy, Pontevedra

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Asociación Gallega de Linfedema

UNKNOWN

lead

University of Vigo

OTHER