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Table 6.

Outcome measurements of the arm circumference in included studies for ESWT in BCRL.

Study	Design	No. of Patients (ESWT/Control Group)	Measurement		Intragroup Difference	Intergroup Difference
Mahran et al., 2015 (Egypt) [38]	RCT	ESWT + CDT: 20	Total circumferential differences	20 cm AE 15 cm AE 10 cm AE 10 cm BE 15 cm BE 20 cm BE	Yes	Yes
Mahran et al., 2015 (Egypt) [38]	RCT	CDT: 20	Total circumferential differences	20 cm AE 15 cm AE 10 cm AE 10 cm BE 15 cm BE 20 cm BE	Yes	Yes
Abdelhalim et al., 2018 (Egypt) [41]	RCT	ESWT + CDT: 30	Difference of healthy and affected arm	10 cm below axilla 10 cm AE 7 cm BE 7 cm above wrist	Yes	Yes
Abdelhalim et al., 2018 (Egypt) [41]	RCT	CDT: 30	Difference of healthy and affected arm	10 cm below axilla 10 cm AE 7 cm BE 7 cm above wrist	Yes	Yes
Lee et al., 2020 (South Korea) [42]	RCT	ESWT + CDT: 15	Affected arm	10 cm AE Elbow 10 cm BE Wrist MCP	Yes (only 10 cm BE)	No
Lee et al., 2020 (South Korea) [42]	RCT	CDT: 15	Affected arm	10 cm AE Elbow 10 cm BE Wrist MCP	No	No
Cebicci et al., 2021 (Turkey) [43]	RCT	ESWT: 10	Difference of healthy and affected arm	15 cm AE 10 cm BE Wrist MCP	Yes	No
Cebicci et al., 2021 (Turkey) [43]	RCT	CDT: 10	Difference of healthy and affected arm	15 cm AE 10 cm BE Wrist MCP	Yes (only 10 cm BE and wrist)	No
Joos et al., 2020 (Belgium) [44]	Prospectivepilot study	ESWT + CDT: 10	Affected arm	10 cm AE Elbow 10 cm BE	No	N/A

Abbreviations: ESWT: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; BCRL: Breast cancer-related lymphedema; No.: Number; RCT: Randomized controlled trial; CDT: Complex decongestive therapy; cm: centimeter; AE: Above elbow; BE: Below elbow; MCP: Netacarpophalangeal joint; N/A: Not available.