The effect of meridian-connecting and swelling-relieving therapy combined with Keep platform lower limb function exercises on lower limb lymphedema and quality of life in patients after cervical cancer surgery
WU Juan
MA Yuelan
NIU Panpan
YANG Meixia
DING Dandan
CAO Ya'nan
ZHANG Haiyan
Abstract：Objective:To explore the effect of meridian-connecting and swelling-relieving therapy combined with Keep platform lower limb function exercises on lower limb lymphedema and quality of life in patients after cervical cancer surgery,and to provide a reference for clinical nursing.Methods:A total of 200 patients who underwent cervical cancer surgery at the Cancer Hospital of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University from March 2023 to January 2025 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into a control group and an observation group,with 100 cases in each group.The control group received routine care,while the observation group was intervened with meridian-connecting and swelling-relieving therapy combined with Keep platform lower limb function exercises.The degree of lower limb lymphedema,quality of life,and lower limb function recovery were compared before and after the intervention in both groups.Results:After the intervention,the degree of lower limb lymphedema in the observation group was significantly reduced,and the scores of all dimensions of quality of life and lower limb motor function were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusions:Meridian-connecting and swelling-relieving therapy combined with Keep platform lower limb function exercises can effectively improve lower limb lymphedema in patients after cervical cancer surgery,enhance quality of life,and promote the recovery of lower limb function.
Keywords：meridian-connecting and swelling-relieving therapyKeep platformlower limb function exercisescervical cancer surgerylower limb lymphedemaquality of life
Publication Date：2026-01-25
Online Publishing Date：2026-02-04(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 271-275 )