| Journal: | Brazilian archives of biology and technology |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000392824 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8913 |
| Authors: | Godoy, Jose Maria Pereira de1 Godoy, Ana Carolina Pereira de2 Godoy, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro3 |
| Institutions: | 1Faculdade de Medicina de Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Departamento de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Sao Paulo. Brasil 3Grupo de Pesquisa Clínica Godoy, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Season: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 58 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 864-868 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | The aim of this work was to study on a new low - elastic textile that fulfilled the criteria of fabrics for the manufacture of compression garments to treat lymphedema. The evolution of Godoy & Godoy compression sleeves was performed by following the patients treated for arm lymphedema. Sixty - six patients with ages ranging from 35 to 83 years and a mean of 58.8 years were included in this study. Diagnosis, by the clinical evaluation confirmed by the volumetry, was defined as a volume difference of more than 200 mL between the arms. All the participants were submitted to treatment sess ions once, or two times weekly in an outpatient setting. The material used for the compression sleeve in this study was commercialized in Brazil under the name of Gorgurão ® . When high alterations in the pattern of sleeves were made, the patients were moni tored by weekly volumetric assessments. The criterion to maintain the modifications in the design was that the hand did not present with edema. By the end of the study, the design of the sleeve was changed so as not to use compression therapy of the hands in 81.8% of the cases; 12.2% continued with compression of the hand, 3.0% stopped using compression completely and 3.0% used only a glove. Thus, Godoy & Godoy compression sleeves could be an efficient option for compression in the treatment of arm lymphede ma as they provided better independence in day - to - day activities |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Ingeniería |
| Keyword: | Terapéutica y rehabilitación, Traumatología y ortopedia, Ingeniería de materiales, Diseño, Linfedema |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Engineering, Therapeutics and rehabilitation, Traumatology and orthopedics, Materials engineering, Lymphedema, Design |
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