Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt – Post-mastectomy lymphedema is a chronic, debilitating disorder […]
Thayná Melo de Lima Morais, Patrícia Froes Meyer, Liliane Santos de Vasconcellos, Julio Costa e Silva, Ito Ferreira e Andrade, Vinicius Alves Freire de Farias, Igor Candido da Silva, Roberta Marinho Falcão Gondim Araújo, Rodrigo Marcel Valentim da […]
In this prospective design study the effects of low-energy partially focusedextracorporeal generated shock waves (ESW) onto a subcutaneous located varicose vein – leftvena saphena magna (VSM) – are investigated. The […]
Nowadays, the search for the ideal body is related to internal dissatisfactions that generate low self-esteem. In the last decades the body was undervalued; today, it is overvalued and has […]
Systematic review. – Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy – ESWT has had a wide use in rehabilitation, and has presented positive effects in the treatment of unaesthetic affections. The objective of the present […]
The present study investigates the effects of low-energy defocused extracorporeal generated shock waves on collagen structure of cellulite afflicted skin. Cellulite measurement using high-resolution ultrasound technology was performed before and […]
In a prospective clinical trial, ESWT was performed consecutively 4 times over two weeks in 7 patients who were diagnosed with stage 3 secondary lymphedema after breast cancer treatment. Each […]
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) possess the distinctive feature of homing in on and engrafting into the tumor stroma making their therapeutic applications in cancer treatment very promising. Research into new […]
Breast cancer is characterized by rapid aberrant growth of tissue in the mammary glands. The speed of cancer growth is enabled by the rapid development of a robust vasculature to provide nutrients […]
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Several types of cancer do not respond to first line therapies, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, […]
