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Title: Safety and tolerability of kinesio® taping in patients with arm lymphedema: medical device clinical study
Authors: Martins, Jacqueline de Carvalho
Aguiar, Suzana Sales de
Fabro, Erica Alves Nogueira
Costa, Rejane Medeiros
Lemos, Thiago Vilela
Sá, Vinicius Gienbinsky Guapyassú de
Abreu, Raphael Mello de
Andrade, Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho de
Thuler, Luiz Claudio Santos
Bergmann, Anke
Keywords: Athletic Tape
Fita Atlética
Bandages
Bandagens
Lymphedema
Linfedema
Physical Therapy Modalities
Modalidades de Fisioterapia
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasias da Mama
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Support Care Cancer
Citation: MARTINS, Jacqueline de Carvalho et al. Safety and tolerability of kinesio® taping in patients with arm lymphedema: medical device clinical study. Support Care Cancer, v. 24, p. 1119–1124, 2016.
Abstract: The aim of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of Kinesio® Taping (KT) in patients with arm lymphedema. Method Medical device clinical study in women with arm lymphedema. Kinesio® Tex Gold bandage was applied by the KT technique. Assessments and interviews were carried out both at the beginning and 4 days after intervention. Skin disorders, reported tolerance and modification of limb volume and function after intervention were assessed. Changes in limb volume and functionality before and after intervention were compared by the Student’s t test and the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, considering significant p value <0.05. Results Twenty-four women were studied. After intervention, no patient had cutaneous lesions, vesicle or limb hyperther mia, and 4.2 % presented skin peeling and redness. Most patients reported no change in social life and that they felt safer in the daily activity and were very pleased with the treatment. The patients presented improvement of upper limb functionality after intervention (p<0.001). No difference of limb volume was found after intervention (p=0.639). Conclusions Kinesio® Tex Gold bandage by the KT tech nique proved to be safe and tolerable in patients with lymph edema, with improved functionality and no change of the affected limb volume.
Description: p. 1119–1124.: il. color.
URI: http://sr-vmlxaph03:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6747
ISSN: 1433-7339
Appears in Collections:Artigos de Periódicos da área de Fisioterapia



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