The effect of exercise in patients with lower limb lymphedema: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To summarize the evidence of the immediate and long-term effect of exercise interventions in patients with either primary or secondary lower limb lymphedema (LLL) on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), physical function, self-reported symptoms, lower limb volume, and adverse events.

Design

Systematic review following the guidelines from the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions.

Data sources

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and clinicaltrials.gov.

Eligibility criteria

Prospective exercise trials investigating exercise interventions as a single- or multicomponent programme in patients with LLL including assessment of at least one of the following outcomes: HR-QOL, self-reported LLL

SUBMITTER: Wittenkamp MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11977414 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature