| Yazarlar |
Şeyda Toprak Çelenay
Türkiye |
Öğr. Gör. Esra BAYRAMOĞLU DEMİRDÖĞEN
Türkiye |
Öğr. Gör. Özge BARUT ÇELİK
Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Başak ÇİĞDEM KARAÇAY
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Derya Özer Kaya
Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Purpose: To compare postural stability, spinal alignment, mobility, and postural competency in women with unilateral lower extremity lymphedema after radical hysterectomy following gynecologic cancer with a matched control group.Methods: Twenty-seven women with unilateral lower extremity lymphedema (lymphedema group, age: 54.14 +/- 5.80 years) and 30 healthy women (control group, age: 51.90 +/- 6.54 years) were included. The lymphedema severity was evaluated with circumferential measurements. Postural stability with the Biodex Balance System SD and the spinal alignment, mobility, and postural competency with the Spinal Mouse device were assessed.Results: In the lymphedema group, it was found that 3.7% of the women had mild lymphedema, 7.4% had moderate lymphedema, and 88.9% had severe lymphedema. Static eyes open (EO) (overall, medio-lateral and antero-posterior) and eyes closed (EC) (antero-posterior) stability scores and dynamic EO and EC stability scores (overall and antero-posterior) were detected to be higher in the lymphedema group than in the controls (p < 0.05). Spinal mobility and postural competency scores were lower in the lymphedema group than in the control group (p < 0.05). In other parameters, there were no significant differences between the groups (p > 0.05).Conclusion: Decreased postural stability, spinal mobility, and postural competency were detected in women with unilateral lower extremity lymphedema; however, no difference was seen in spinal alignment. These changes should be taken into account in the assessment and the treatment of unilateral lower extremity lymphedema. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Lymphedema, Postural stability, Spinal curvatures, Spinal mobility |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | European Journal of Oncology Nursing |
| Dergi ISSN | 1462-3889 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Dergi Grubu | Q1 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2023 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102416 |
| Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102416 |
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