Clinical Trial: Ultrasonographic Tissue Thickness After Complex Decongestive Therapy in Lower-Limb Lymphedema

U.S., Nov. 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07919834) titled 'Ultrasonographic Tissue Thickness After Complex Decongestive Therapy in Lower-Limb Lymphedema' on Nov. 01.

Brief Summary: This prospective single-center study evaluated whether 4 weeks of phase-1 complex decongestive therapy (manual lymphatic drainage, multilayer short-stretch bandaging, decongestive exercise, and skin care) changes dermal and subcutaneous tissue thickness measured by high-frequency ultrasonography in adults with unilateral International Society of Lymphology stage 1-2 lower-limb lymphedema. Measurements were made at suprapatellar and infrapatellar sites of both limbs before and after treatment; the unaffected limb s...