Effect of home exercise on prevention and treatment of lymphedema in breast cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a systematic home exercise intervention program based on the Expert Consensus on Home Exercise for Prevention and Treatment of Lymphedema in Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients and evaluate its effectiveness in preventing and treating lymphedema in breast cancer patients, thereby improving their home-based quality of life.

Methods

A pre-post controlled study was conducted involving 104 breast cancer patients who underwent surgery at Ganzhou Cancer Hospital between November 2024 and May 2025. Participants were chronologically assigned to a control group (n = 52, receiving routine care) or an experimental group (n = 52, receiving routine care plus a consensus-based systematic home exercise intervention). The intervention, delivered by a multidisciplinary

SUBMITTER: Yin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12751289 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature