Effectiveness of physical exercise programmes in reducing complications associated with secondary lymphoedema to breast cancer: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL) is one of the most underestimated and debilitating complications associated with the treatment that women with breast cancer receive. Several systematic reviews (SRs) of different physical exercise programmes have been published, presenting disperse and contradictory clinical results. Therefore, there is a need for access to the best available and summarised evidence to capture and evaluate all the physical exercise programmes that focus on reducing BCRL.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of different physical exercise programmes in reducing the volume of lymphoedema, pain intensity and improving quality of life.

Method and analysis

The protocol of this overview is reported following the Preferred Reporting I

SUBMITTER: Aguilera-Eguia RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335487 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature