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Complex Decongestive Applications in Patients With Lipedema

NCT04492046 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2020-07-30

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Summary

Lipedema is a rare condition which almost exclusively affects women. The disease is characterized with bilateral, symmetric abnormal accumulation of subcutaneous fat and is often mistaken for simple obesity. In most patients, the hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, and lower legs are affected. Upper extremity involvement has been reported to be present in 80% patients. The hands and feet are never affected. The accumulation of subcutaneous fat and edema results in tenderness, sensitivity to touch and pressure and also pain. Patients also tend to bruise easily even after a minimal trauma. It has been reported that the complaint of pain increases with aging.There is no known cure for lipedema. However, conservative treatment with physiotherapy, manual lymph drainage and compression, also known as complex decongestive physiotherapy is used worldwide as a standard treatment regimen . The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of complex decongestive applications on lower extremity limb circumference and volume in patients with lipedema.

Conditions

  • Lipedema

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Lymph Drainage

Manual lymph drainage is an effective therapeutic method used in the conservative treatment of lipedema. The application was performed on both lower extremities for 45 minutes.

OTHER

Bandaging

Multilayered compression bandaging techniques have an assisting role in the further reduction of the volume of the limb and enhance the continuous pump mechanism via the active involvement of muscle pumps. All patients received bandages following Manual lymph drainage application.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gazi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gokhan Yazici, PhD · Gazi University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-02
Primary Completion
2020-02-12
Completion
2020-02-12

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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