Edema Control in Patients With Breast Cancer-comparison of Manual Lymph Drainage and Epidermis Fascia Taping

The Effect of Edema Control in Patients With Cancer-comparison of Manual Lymph Drainage and Epidermis Fascia Taping With Ultrasonography

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02707835

Enrollment

Registered

2016-03-14

Start date

2016-02-29

Completion date

2017-01-31

Last updated

2016-03-17

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Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Edema,taping,ultrasound

Brief summary

The ultrasound imaging could be used to examine the thickness of dermis and the space between dermis and subcutaneous tissue. Whether the measurement of ultrasound imaging correlate to other measurement of edema is unknown. The purpose of this study is to investigate 1. The reliability of measurement of edema using ultrasound imaging, and the correlation of measurement of ultrasound with other measurement tools. 2. The different effect of edema control by manual lymph drainage technique and epidermis taping technique, and the cost-effective assessment. Our hypothesis : 1. The measurement of edema with ultrasound imaging is a reliable method and correlate with other edema measurement with moderate correlation. 2. Ultrasound measurement could demonstrate different effect of manual lymph drainage and epidermis taping, and different cost-effectiveness analysis.

Interventions

OTHERself massage

self massage, skin care education, manual lymph drainage exercise, compression garment

OTHERmanual lymph drainage

manual lymph drainage by a physical therapist, skin care education, manual lymph drainage exercise, compression garment

OTHERepidermis fascia taping

epidermis fascia taping by a physical therapist, skin care education, manual lymph drainage exercise, compression garment

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

30 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. age:20\ 80 y/o 2. female patients with unilateral breast cancer after surgery 3. unilateral lymph edema ( circumference of affected side 2cm bigger than sound side） 4. do not receive any treatment of lymph edema

Exclusion criteria

1\. skin problems on affected side 2. neurological sign involved affected side, ex:stroke, brachial plexus impairment 3. involved other diseases may cause extremity edema, ex: heart failure or chronic kidney disease (stage one to stage five) 4. have medicine which may cause extremity edema 5. pregnant

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
thickness of epidermis and dermis	10 mins

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactJing-Lan Yang

yangjinglan@gmail.com886-2-23123456-67564

Backup ContactSHU-FEN WANG, PhD

shwufenwang@gmail.com886-972651068

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026