Weak For Recommendation
Lymphatic massage may be provided to treat extremity swelling in people with SCI.
| Lymphatic massage (v no intervention) on swelling in people with SCI | |||||||
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| P | People with SCI | Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Weak opinion statement FOR Lymphatic massage may be provided to treat extremity swelling in people with SCI. |
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| I | Lymphatic massage | ||||||
| C | No intervention | Consensus-based opinion statement Weak for (93%) |
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| O | Swelling | ||||||
The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends lymphatic massage to treat extremity swelling in people with SCI. This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:
Lymphatic massage may be provided to treat extremity swelling in people with SCI.
This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility. This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak. This is a weak consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can probably recommend lymphatic massage to treat extremity swelling in people with SCI based on opinion.
To learn more about this recommendation go to the research summary.