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Low-frequency vibrotherapy considerably improves the effectiveness of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) in patients with lipedema: A two-armed, randomized, controlled pragmatic trial

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Pages 63-70 | Received 07 Aug 2017, Accepted 11 Feb 2018, Published online: 30 May 2018

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