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Mon, 21 July
|GMT 10am, WA 6pm, AEST 8pm, NZ 10pm
Journal Club - July is Self-Care Month!
Just in time for International Self-care Day, this 2025 paper compared the addition of breathing exercises, calf exercises, or both in standard CDT with interesting results!
Date & Timezones
21 July 2025, 7:30 pm ACST
GMT 10am, WA 6pm, AEST 8pm, NZ 10pm
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Read the paper https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00520-025-09436-3.pdf
Akgul, A., et al. (2025). "The effect of muscles in the treatment of lower limb lymphedema: respiratory muscles or leg muscles?" Supportive Care in Cancer 33(5): 375.
PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare the effects of manual lymphatic drainage and bandaging (MLDB) combined with calf muscle exercise training (CMT) and/or inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on edema, muscle strength, functional capacity, functionality, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with secondary lower limb lymphedema (LLL). METHOD: A total of 76 patients (mean age: 47.06 ± 16.16 years; 84.2% female) with LLL were included in the study and randomized into four groups: MLDB alone (Group 1), MLDB + CMT (Group 2), MLDB + IMT (Group 3), and MLDB + CMT + IMT (Group 4). The training programs were administered for 30 min per…