title: [Kinesiotaping--treatment of upper limb lymphoedema in patients after breast cancer surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of lymphatic kinesiotaping in patients after unilateral breast cancer surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complex decongestive therapy in patients after right-side breast-conserving surgery was done once a week for 2 months (from November to December 2014). It involved manual lymph drainage and lymphatic application of kinesiotaping. An original kinesiology tape (Nitto Denko, Japan) was used for the treatment. Lymphoedema was measured at the beginning and at the end of treatment in centimetres in specific places: metatarsal, wrist, at the mid-length of the forearm, in the elbow and at the mid-length of the upper arm. The volume of oedema was assessed at the beginning and at the end of the treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The reduction of lymphoedema in different places.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Kinesiotaping may be an alternative method in relation to the use of materials in complex decongestive therapy. However, this technique requires further research.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lubińska
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mosiejczuk
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rotter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D053832:Surgical Tape; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*