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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2015

Low-level laser therapy for the treatment of superficial thrombophlebitis after chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: a case study.

Woon Taek Hwang, Sin Ho Chung, Hyunhee Kim

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Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Woon Taek HwangDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Republic of Korea.
Sin Ho ChungDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Republic of Korea.
Hyunhee KimDepartment of Physical Therapy, Shinsung University: 1 Daehack-ro, Jeongmi-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea.
Hanyang University Medical Center · KRShinsung University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] We report the case of a breast cancer patient with superficial thrombophlebitis treated with low-level laser therapy. [Case] The patient was a 66-year-old women who developed superficial thrombophlebitis in the left upper limb after chemotherapy. She was administered 6 sessions of low-level laser therapy. [Result] Her pain score decreased by 8 points. Her scores on the Patient and Observer scar Assessment Scale decreased by 18 points for the observer portion and by 26 points for the patient portion. [Conclusion] Low-level laser therapy is effective for the reduction of pain and the size of scar tissue in patients with superficial thrombophlebitis.

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Low-level laser therapyPainSuperficial thrombophlebitis

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PMID26834384
PMCPMC4713823
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