ORIGINAL PAPER
Effect of complex decongestive therapy, cryotherapy and Kinesio taping in patients with post-mastectomy lymphoedema: a randomised controlled study
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Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, School of Health and Social Work, Physiotherapy Program, University of Hertfordshire Hosted by Global Academic Foundation, Cairo, Egypt
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Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Qena University, Qena, Egypt
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Department of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt
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Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt
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Department of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Egyptian Chinese University, Cairo, Egypt
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Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2024-07-20
Acceptance date: 2024-10-23
Online publication date: 2025-12-12
Corresponding author
Ragaee Saeed Mahmoud
Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Qena University, Qena, Egypt
Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Qena University, Qena, Egypt
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To examine the effects of complex decongestive therapy (CDT), cryotherapy and Kinesio taping (KT) in patients with post-mastectomy lymphoedema.
Subjects and Methods:
Sixty women diagnosed clinically by a physician with post-mastectomy lymphoedema, suffering from Stage 2 or 3 lymphoedema based on clinical investigations and aged between 40 and 60 years were randomly assigned in a single pre-post measurement study. They were divided randomly into three groups of equal size (A, B and C). The three groups received a CDT program: group A (n = 20) received CDT only, group B (n = 20) received CDT and cryotherapy, and group C (n = 20) received CDT and KT. The treatment program was applied three sessions per week for 12 weeks, and circumferential measurements, Visual analogue scale (VAS), Short-Form 36 (SF-36) and Universal goniometer (UG) were used on the three groups before and after the intervention program.
Results:
The three groups demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all measured variables, and the post-testing for all assessed variables also revealed substantially significant differences in favour of group B when comparing between groups (A and B), in favour of group C when comparing post-test values between groups (A and C) and in favour of group B when comparing between groups (B and C) (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Cryotherapy was more effective than KT and CDT, while KT was more beneficial than CDT in patients with lymphoedema.
To examine the effects of complex decongestive therapy (CDT), cryotherapy and Kinesio taping (KT) in patients with post-mastectomy lymphoedema.
Subjects and Methods:
Sixty women diagnosed clinically by a physician with post-mastectomy lymphoedema, suffering from Stage 2 or 3 lymphoedema based on clinical investigations and aged between 40 and 60 years were randomly assigned in a single pre-post measurement study. They were divided randomly into three groups of equal size (A, B and C). The three groups received a CDT program: group A (n = 20) received CDT only, group B (n = 20) received CDT and cryotherapy, and group C (n = 20) received CDT and KT. The treatment program was applied three sessions per week for 12 weeks, and circumferential measurements, Visual analogue scale (VAS), Short-Form 36 (SF-36) and Universal goniometer (UG) were used on the three groups before and after the intervention program.
Results:
The three groups demonstrated statistically significant improvements in all measured variables, and the post-testing for all assessed variables also revealed substantially significant differences in favour of group B when comparing between groups (A and B), in favour of group C when comparing post-test values between groups (A and C) and in favour of group B when comparing between groups (B and C) (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Cryotherapy was more effective than KT and CDT, while KT was more beneficial than CDT in patients with lymphoedema.
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