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Sport activities and exercise in individuals with lymphedema: a French national survey on practices and fears Volume 30, numéro 1, January-February 2020

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1 Department of Dermatology and Reference Center for Rare Diseases and Vascular Malformations (MAGEC), CHRU Tours, 37044 Tours Cedex 9, France
2 Universities of Tours and Nantes, INSERM 1246 – SPHERE, 37000 Tours, France
3 CHRU Tours, Clinical Investigation Center- INSERM 1415, 37044 Tours Cedex 9, France
4 Unité de Lymphologie, site constitutif du Centre national de référence des maladies vasculaires rares (lymphœdèmes primaires), hôpital Cognacq-Jay, 75015 Paris, France
5 CHRU Tours, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, 37044 Tours, France
6 University of Tours, INSERM U1253, 37000 Tours, France
a These authors contributed equally.

Lymphedema (LE) is chronic swelling, mostly affecting the lower limbs, which is due to impaired lymphatic drainage. LE can be linked to congenital functional or anatomical anomalies of lymph vessels (primary LE), or may be caused by acquired damage on lymph vessels or nodes (secondary LE, such as cancer-related LE) [1]. LE is responsible for significant physical and psychological morbidity, and has considerable negative impact on sexual well-being [2, 3]. Management of LE is a life-long process that [...]