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Prediction of Treatment Outcome with Bioimpedance Measurements in Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema Patients
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine ; : 687-693, 2011.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-16461
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the usefulness of bioimpedance measurement for predicting the treatment outcome in breast cancer related lymphedema (BCRL) patients.

METHOD:

Unilateral BCRL patients who received complex decongestive therapy (CDT) for 2 weeks (5 days per week) were enrolled in this study. We measured the ratio of extracellular fluid (ECF) volume by using bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (BIS), and single frequency bioimpedance analysis (SFBIA) at a 5 kHz frequency before treatment. Arm circumferences were measured at 10 cm above and below the elbow before and after treatment. We also investigated whether there is correlation between ECF ratio and SFBIA ratio with the change of arm circumference after CDT.

RESULTS:

A total of 73 patients were enrolled in this study. The higher ECF ratio was significantly correlated with higher reduction of arm circumference at both above and below the elbow after treatment, but the higher SFBIA ratio was correlated only with the higher reduction of arm circumference below the elbow.

CONCLUSION:

These results show that ECF volume measurements and SFBIA before treatment are useful tools for predicting the outcome of patients with lymphedema. We concluded that ECF volume measure can be used as a screening tool for predicting treatment outcome of BCRL patients.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Arm / Spectrum Analysis / Breast / Breast Neoplasms / Mass Screening / Treatment Outcome / Electric Impedance / Extracellular Fluid / Elbow / Lymphedema Type of study: Prognostic study / Screening study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine Year: 2011 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Arm / Spectrum Analysis / Breast / Breast Neoplasms / Mass Screening / Treatment Outcome / Electric Impedance / Extracellular Fluid / Elbow / Lymphedema Type of study: Prognostic study / Screening study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine Year: 2011 Type: Article