Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea
Lymphat Res Biol, 2023 Oct;21(5):463-468.
PMID: 37093011 DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2022.0102

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) is a debilitating chronic illness. Early management and prevention of disease progression rely on lymphedema monitoring and assessment. At present, lymphedema monitoring systems are costly and do not promote remote monitoring. Thus, a low-cost, portable, mobile-based bioimpedance lymphedema monitoring system (Mobilymph) was developed to ensure continuous lymphedema surveillance. Method and Results: Forty-five healthy and 100 BCRL participants were recruited in this study. Mobilymph bioimpedance measurement was validated with a Quadscan 4000 on healthy participants' arms. The interarm bioimpedance ratio was determined to evaluate the discriminatory capability of Mobilymph to detect BCRL. Mobilymph's bioimpedance results show no significant difference compared to Quadscan 4000. The interarm bioimpedance ratios were significantly different (p 

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