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Acupuncture in the rehabilitation of women after breast cancer surgery--a case series.(Papers)(Clinical report)
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Acupuncture in Medicine
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April 1, 2008
- Author:
- Alem, Michele; Gurgel, Salete Maria Costa
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Abstract
Objective To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on rehabilitation of motor function, reduction in lymphoedema and improvement in perceived heaviness and tightness in the arms of women who had undergone breast cancer surgery.
Subjects and Methods Twenty nine women who had had mastectomy or segmentectomy with axillary dissection, presenting with lymphoedema and/or a decrease in movement amplitude of the upper limb ipsilateral to surgery were studied. The patients underwent 24 acupuncture sessions once a week from February to December 2004. The movement amplitude of shoulder flexion and abduction and circumferential measurements of the arm, forearm and wrist ...
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