Progressive resistance exercise training to prevent lower-limb lymphedema after cervical cancer surgery: A feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy is the standard surgical treatment for early stage cervical cancer. One of the most common complications after this surgery is lower extremity lymphedema (LLL). Program of progressive resistance exercise training (PRET) is a possible way to prevent LLL for cervical cancer patients postoperatively. Before we start a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the preventive effect of PRET, we conducted this pilot study to assess the feasibility of PRET after cervical cancer surgery.

Methods

The primary purpose of the pilot study was the feasibility of PRET, as well as the satisfaction and adherence to the PRET assessed by a questionnaire. We conducted a single-arm prospective study involving cervical cancer patients who u

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9072185 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature