“Statistically significant improvement was observed in all parameters in both treatment groups. The decrease in VAS pain and VAS discomfort scores, circumference measurement of the extremity was statistically greater in the NPMT [negative pressure] group compared to the MLD group.
Conclusions: In conclusion, NPMT appears to be a beneficial non-invasive treatment method for reducing extremity volumes and decreasing subjective pain and discomfort in lymphedema patients.”
Source: The European Research Journal
Related:
Intermittent Negative Pressure Therapy in the Combined Treatment of Peripheral Lymphedema
"These initial results suggested to us that the inclusion of intermittent negative pressure into a lymphedema treatment protocol would be beneficial. We subsequently undertook a study of 50 patients with lymphedema adding intermittent negative pressure to our CLyFT protocol and compared them to the CLyFT protocol without intermittent negative pressure. We found a significant difference between the groups with an additional 7% reduction in lymphedema volume (p = 0.008). Our study results indicate that the inclusion of intermittent negative pressure therapy into the CLyFT protocol was beneficial and further incorporation into other protocols should be investigated."
Source: Lymphology
