Effectiveness of physiotherapy lymphedema management in limb circumference and shoulder mobility among women with breast cancer-related lymphedema

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of physiotherapy lymphedema management (LM) in upper limb circumference (LC) and shoulder mobility and determine whether baseline muscle strength (MS) was associated with LC and shoulder mobility in women with breast cancer-related lymphedema. Methods: This study analyzed 79 patients (mean age = 58.89 ± 10.22 years) who were categorized by age group ( 0.05), and 5.5% (p < 0.05) for all patients, those