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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2016

Resistance exercise and secondary lymphedema in breast cancer survivors-a systematic review.

M Keilani, T Hasenoehrl, M Neubauer, R Crevenna

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Resistance Training in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review of Exercise Programs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  3. Resistance exercise and breast cancer-related lymphedema-a systematic review update and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  6. Physical activity for women with breast cancer after adjuvant therapy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  9. Low-Intensity Resistance Training and Compression Garment in the Management of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020
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  12. Effects of Resistance Training on Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Meta-Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M KeilaniDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Vienna, 18-20, Währinger Gürtel, Austria.
T HasenoehrlDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Vienna, 18-20, Währinger Gürtel, Austria.
M NeubauerDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Vienna, 18-20, Währinger Gürtel, Austria.
R CrevennaDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Vienna, 18-20, Währinger Gürtel, Austria. richard.crevenna@meduniwien.ac.at.
Medical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of the present review was to determine effects of strength exercise on secondary lymphedema in breast cancer patients.

methodsResearch was conducted by using the databases PubMed/Medline and Embase. Randomized controlled trials published from January 1966 to May 2015 investigating the effects of resistance exercise on breast cancer patients with or at risk of secondary lymphedema in accordance with the American College of Sports Medicine exercise guidelines for cancer survivors were included in the present study.

resultsNine original articles with a total of 957 patients met the inclusion criteria. None of the included articles showed adverse effects of a resistance exercise intervention on lymphedema status. In all included studies, resistance exercise intensity was described as moderate to high.

conclusionsStrength exercise seems not to have negative effects on lymphedema status or might not increase risk of development of lymphedema in breast cancer patients. Further research is needed in order to investigate the effects of resistance exercise for patients suffering from lymphedema.

Indexed as

AgedBreast NeoplasmsExerciseFemaleHumansLymphedemaMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSurvivorsBreast cancerMedical training therapyResistance exerciseSecondary lymphedemaStrength

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PMID26715294
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