Table 4.

The effects of therapeutic outcome in lipoedema treatment measured with VAS.

Ref.	Number of Subject	Duration	Intervention	VAS Before	VAS after	VAS p Value
[25]	31	5 sessions a week for 6 weeks	CDT and exercise (n = 11)	7.73	3.09	<0.001
			IPC and exercise (n = 10)	8.3	4.9	0.001
			Exercise only (n = 10)	7.9	5.7	0.002
[20]	7	12 × 90 min sessions of SAT therapy over 4 weeks	SAT manual therapy	1.3	0.7	0.005
[18]	38	5 days—one treatment daily	Manual lymphatic drainage, intermitted pneumatic compression	5.89	3.34	0.001
[21]	7	12 × 90 min sessions of SAT therapy over 4 weeks	SAT manual therapy	2.1	1.3	NS