by\u00a0Erkan Kozanoglu<\/a>, et al, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey<\/p>\n Objective: To compare the long-term efficacy of pneumatic compression and low-level laser therapies in the management of postmastectomy lymphoedema.<\/p>\n Design: Randomized controlled trial.<\/p>\n Setting: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Cukurova University, Turkey.<\/p>\n Subjects: Forty-seven patients with postmastectomy lymphoedema were enrolled in the study.<\/p>\n Interventions: Patients were randomly allocated to pneumatic compression (group I, n=24) and low-level laser (group II, n=23) groups. Group I received 2 hours of compression therapy and group II received 20 minutes of laser therapy for four weeks. All patients were advised to perform daily limb exercises.<\/p>\n Main measures: Demographic features, difference between sum of the circumferences of affected and unaffected limbs (\u25b5C), pain with visual analogue scale and grip strength were recorded.<\/p>\n Results: Mean age of the patients was 48.3 (10.4) years. \u25b5C decreased significantly at one, three and six months within both groups, and the decrease was still significant at (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by\u00a0Erkan Kozanoglu, et al, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey Abstract Objective: To compare the long-term efficacy of pneumatic compression and low-level laser therapies in the management of postmastectomy lymphoedema. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Department of Physical Medicine…<\/span><\/p>\nAbstract<\/h6>\n