Geriatrics lymphedema: priority in therapeutic choices

1) able patients, who could do daily proper exercise (Group1). 2) less able who could perform average physical exercise (Group2). 3) bedridden patients (Group3). In all patients limb circumferences were detected at the beginning after 10 sessions of treatment. Treatment included: manual lymph drainage, bandaging, ultrasound and physical exercises. The bandage was packaged: multilayer anelastic in Group1; bielastic with a double superimposed anelastic layer in Group2; bielastic in single layer in Group3. Distinctions were not performed on rehabilitative protocol, according to the lymphedema nature (primary or secondary).