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Margit Eidenberger currently works at the Bachelor Programme Physiotherapy, Fachhochschule Gesundheitsberufe Oberösterreich. Margit does research in Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Oncology and Faculty development. Her current project is "Development of Professional Identity.
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Bone metastasis (BM) is a complication in advanced cancer. Symptoms are pain, pathological fractures, hypercalcemia or spinal cord compression. Pain is experienced by 60–80% of patients and has a deteriorating effect on activities of daily life (ADL) and quality of life (QoL). Physical activity is an intervention recommended for early and advanced...
Große Bauchoperationen ziehen häufig eine lange Genesung nach sich. Mit Bauchbinden möchte man Abhilfe schaffen, da sie eine schnellere Mobilisierung und eine Atemerleichterung ermöglichen sollen. Doch die Wissenschaft ist sich unsicher – klare Empfehlungen zum Einsatz an sich sowie zur Dauer fehlen bislang.
Introduction: Male Breast Cancer is a very rare disease associated with delayed diagnosis and a more invasive or aggressive
tumor therapy, i.e., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy. Lymphedema, shoulder joint restrictions, posture failures, sensitivity disorders, pain or cancer-related fatigue are common complaints.
Method: The cas...
Chronic venous disease is a highly prevalent disorder. Risk factors are obesity, smoking, orthostasis, and family history. Pathophysiology encompasses changes such as venous hypertension, reflux, valve incompetencies, and calf-muscle weakness. Patients complain about skin changes, leg edema, pain, and ulcers. Possible recurrence of varicoses and su...
Das postoperative Management nach einer Unterschenkelamputation ist mitentscheidend für das Outcome. Statt starrer Gipshüllen oder elastischer Kompressionsbandagen werden heute oft Semi-Rigid Dressings eingesetzt. Die halbstarren Schienen schützen mit ihrer stabilen Außenhülle vor Traumata, während im Inneren der weich gelagerte Stumpf bis zur Prot...
Breast cancer treatment can lead to various physic and psychic long-term morbidities, such as restricted shoulder joint range of motion, lymphedema, impaired muscle strength, or cancer-related fatigue. Physiotherapy is a body-oriented approach to tackle these different complaints. This chapter starts with possible prehabilitation approaches until t...
This book is a comprehensive information for breast cancer patients how to cope physically with a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent therapy. It gives valuable details and specifications for pre- and postoperative phases, what to expect and especially how to react to different problems, such as shoulder joint restriction, lymphedema, fatigue, e...
This article describes the treatment of a case of a postsurgery oncologic face lymphedema with Complex Decongestive Therapy, i.e. manual lymphatic drainage, patient education and patient exercises
Assessment and therapy of patients with constipation in palliative care
Background:
Patient-reported outcome measures are measures of patients' health-related quality of life. They should be added to other lymphedema measurements. With an improved disease-free survival of secondary lower limb lymphedema, attention must focus on such assessments.
Objective:
The objectives of this study were to locate and critically a...
Quantitative analyis of the shoemakers´ handicraft and their living circumstances in the Habsburgian monarchy between 1870 and 1938. Qualitative analysis of interviews with recent shoemakers in Austria.
Aim: Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome is a rare vascular malformation combining venous and lymphatic dysfunctions, oedema and limb overgrowth. Manual Lymphatic Drainage is an efficient therapy in lymphoedemas, but has scarcely been tried in infantile Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome.
Method: Case Report of a two-year-old girl suffering from congenital Klippel-...
Journal Clubs are one of the methods for continuing professional development in defined working units and have proved to be an effective teaching tool. A Journal Club introduced in 2011 for the University of Applied Sciences for Health Professions Upper Austria had limited success and was discontinued after 18 months. Searching for improvements, an...
Research examining the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in physical therapy in many countries has revealed positive attitudes, varying degrees of EBP use and barriers at practitioner, patient and organizational levels. In contrast to these countries, Austria does not have an academic or research tradition in physical therapy. Engagement in EBP...
Manche Erkrankungen innerer Organe konnen mit muskulo-skeletalen Problemen einhergehen. So ist es auch beim Reizdarmsyndrom, dem sogenannten Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Neben Bauchbeschwerden haben die Patienten Schmerzen im thorakolumbalen und lumbosakralen Ubergang sowie im ISG.
Background:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease with rapid involvement of the inspiratory muscles, leading to respiratory insufficiency. Death often occurs by aspiration and pneumonia. Endurance- and strength therapy within ALS are discussed controversially.
Objective:
To review the current literature to assess the effic...
Hintergrund: Der M.-latissimus-dorsi-Flap ist eine nach Brustoperationen oft gewählte Variante zum Wiederaufbau der weiblichen Brust. Postoperativ stellt das dorsale Serom mit ca. 20 % Inzidenz eine der häufigsten Komplikationen dar. Die Behandlung umfasst üblicherweise Punktion und Absaugung.
Ziel: Als alternative Behandlungsmöglichkeit zur Resorp...
