Publications by authors named "Rute Sofia Dos Santos Crisostomo"
Influence of manual lymphatic drainage on health-related quality of life and symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency: a randomized controlled trial.
Rute Sofia dos Santos Crisóstomo Daniela Sofia Albino Costa Catarina de Luz Belo Martins Tânia Isabel Russo Fernandes Paulo A Armada-da-Silva
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
February 2015
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) in improving health-related quality of life (HRQOL), symptomatology, and physical status in patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).
Design: Single-blind randomized controlled trial.
Setting: Health community attendant service.
Objectives: To compare the effect of call-up and reabsorption maneuvers of manual lymphatic drainage on blood flow in femoral vein and great saphenous vein in patients with chronic venous disease and healthy controls.
Methods: Forty-one subjects participated in this study (mean age: 42.68(15.