Electronic Moxibustion for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Pilot Clinical Trial
| العنوان: | Electronic Moxibustion for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Pilot Clinical Trial |
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| المؤلفون: | Hyo-Ju Park, Boram Lee, Hwa-Seung Yoo, Ae-Ran Kim, Kyungsun Han, Chang-sup Yang, Mikyung Kim, Joo-Hee Kim, Ojin Kwon |
| المصدر: | Integrative Cancer Therapies Integrative Cancer Therapies, Vol 19 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Oncology, integrative medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Moxibustion, moxibustion, lcsh:RC254-282, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, breast cancer, Internal medicine, medicine, business.industry, Treatment options, lymphedema, medicine.disease, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, Clinical trial, electronic moxibustion, medicine.anatomical_structure, Lymphedema, Complementary and alternative medicine, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Upper limb, Integrative medicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema, Research Article |
| الوصف: | This is a preliminary study to investigate the feasibility of electronic moxibustion in breast cancer patients with upper limb lymphedema. As current treatment options for lymphedema are unsatisfactory and time consuming, there have been attempts to manage symptoms using integrative treatments. Electronic moxibustion was developed to compensate for the shortcomings of conventional moxibustion and is widely used in clinical practice. However, there have been no studies on using electronic moxibustion in breast cancer-related lymphedema. To investigate the feasibility of electronic moxibustion in treating breast cancer-related lymphedema, this study included subjects who completed primary cancer treatment at least 6 months ago and had more than 10 mm difference in arm circumference of upper limbs. All subjects were assigned to the treatment group. Subjects were treated with 16 sessions (30 minutes/session) of electronic moxibustion for 8 weeks followed by 4 weeks of follow-up. For outcome measures, upper limb circumferences, shoulder range of motion, bioimpedance analysis, and quality of life questionnaire were assessed. All 10 subjects completed the study. The effective index showed 38.21% reduction after treatment ( P = .0098) and 29.35% ( P = .0039) after 4 weeks of follow-up compared to the baseline. The reduction of lymphedema was most prominent at 10 cm above the elbow crease, where the mean reduction of circumference difference was 7.5 mm ( P = .0430) and continued to improve after treatment (mean reduction of 8.3 mm, P = .0156). There was significant improvement in shoulder range of motion only in flexion and internal rotation at week 9. There were 7 adverse events, and most were irrelevant to the treatment. Only 1 participant had a mild burn on the acupuncture point. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that electronic moxibustion treatment is a feasible treatment for breast cancer-related lymphedema. Electronic moxibustion may reduce differences in upper limb circumference and improve shoulder range of motion. A future comparative clinical trial is needed to confirm the clinical efficacy of this treatment. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1552-695X 1534-7354 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::83b0baccd2a378231948ec4435e4910d http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7570305 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....83b0baccd2a378231948ec4435e4910d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1552695X 15347354 |
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