NCT06327438

Effect of Complex Decongestive Therapy, Cryotherapy and Kinesio Taping in Patients With Post-mastectomy Lymphedema: A Randomized Control Trial

Complex Decongestive Therapy, Cryotherapy and Kinesio Taping in Patients With Post-mastectomy Lymphedema

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: South Valley University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To examine the efficacy of complex decongestive therapy (CDT), cryotherapy and kinesio taping (KT) in patients with post-mastectomy lymphedema

Detailed description

Sixty women diagnosed clinically by physician as post-mastectomy lymphedema, suffered from grade 2 and 3 lymphedema based on clinical investigations and their ages between 40 and 60 years were randomly assigned in single pre - post measurement study. They divided randomly into three groups of equal size (A, B \& C). The three groups received CDT program, group (A) (n=20) received CDT only, group (B) (n=20) received cryotherapy and group (C) (n=20) received KT

Conditions

• Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Complex decongestive therapy	1. Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD). 2. Compression bandage. 3. Exercises to enhance lymphatic drainage. 4. Skin care.
DEVICE	Cryotherapy	It is a mature and safe-to-use system that cools the air to -32°C. Steps of application included: 1) Apply oil or cream to moisture the skin before cryotherapy application; 2) Initialize the mini cryo-air equipment at level 6.
OTHER	Kinesio taping	It is a new choice in the field of physical therapy. The material used for the KT and the original concept of the taping technique were introduced by Dr Kenso Kase in 1973.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-16
• Primary completion: 2024-06-16
• Completion: 2024-07-16
• First posted: 2024-03-25
• Last updated: 2024-03-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Egypt