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Comparative results of non-operative multi-modal therapy for filarial lymphoedema
Gogia, S.B.; Appavoo, N.C.; Mohan, A. & Kumar, M. Burney
Abstract
A comparative analysis of different conservative modes of therapy for lymphoedema, largely of Filarial origin, was conducted in a trial therapy unit in
Chengalpattu, a Filarial endemic district in Tamil Nadu. Results were compared using a single chambered intermittent pneumatic compression pump, heat therapy, and interferential
therapy machines. The results showed improvement of limb size between 20% and 60% of possible reduction (where 100% would mean return of limb circumference
to the same as that of the normal side). Pneumatic compression therapy, when used alone, showed the best results, which were significantly better than all others whether
alone or in combination.
Keywords
Filariasis; Heat therapy; Interferential therapy; Lymphoedema; Pneumatic compression
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