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Effects of physical exercise on breast cancer-related secondary lymphedema: a systematic review

Overview of attention for article published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, February 2018
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Title
Effects of physical exercise on breast cancer-related secondary lymphedema: a systematic review
Published in
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, February 2018
DOI 10.1007/s10549-018-4725-y
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F. T. Baumann, A. Reike, V. Reimer, M. Schumann, M. Hallek, D. R. Taaffe, R. U. Newton, D. A. Galvao

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effect of different types of exercise on breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) in order to elucidate the role of exercise in this patient group. A systematic data search was performed using PubMed (December 2016). The review is focused on the rehabilitative aspect of BCRL and undertaken according to the PRISMA statement with Levels of Evidence (LoE) assessed. 11 randomized controlled trials (9 with LoE 1a and 2 with LoE 1b) that included 458 women with breast cancer in aftercare were included. The different types of exercise consisted of aqua lymph training, swimming, resistance exercise, yoga, aerobic, and gravity-resistive exercise. Four of the studies measured a significant reduction in BCRL status based on arm volume and seven studies reported significant subjective improvements. No study showed adverse effects of exercise on BCRL. The evidence indicates that exercise can improve subjective and objective parameters in BCRL patients, with dynamic, moderate, and high-frequency exercise appearing to provide the most positive effects.

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Unknown 333 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 51 15%
Student > Bachelor 37 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 28 8%
Other 22 7%
Researcher 20 6%
Other 56 17%
Unknown 119 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 69 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 59 18%
Sports and Recreations 36 11%
Social Sciences 8 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 2%
Other 21 6%
Unknown 135 41%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 48. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 April 2023.
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