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- Title
[Conservative lymphedema therapy - lymphological rehabilitation treatment].
- Authors
Apich, Gert
- Abstract
The most important column in the conservative lymphedema therapy still represents the complex decongestive physical therapy/KPE.This is a multimodal therapy, which consists of four components. (1) skin restoration and/or skin care, (2) manual lymphatic drainage, (3) compression therapy and (4) decongestive exercises. The KPE is also divided into two phases. Phase 1-the decongestion-serves primarily the mobilization and transporting away the banked protein-rich oedema fluid and seamless transition into the Phase 2-the maintenance phase, which serves to preserve the achieved treatment success. The implementation of the KPE should be stage-adjusted, but depends also on the location (genital, head, face), and on co-existing comorbidities (congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, obesity, muscular-skeletal disorders, mental illness, etc.). It should be modified for children, elderly persons and for patients with malignant lymphedema.
- Publication
Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2013, Vol 163, Issue 7-8, p169
- ISSN
1563-258X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10354-013-0205-5