림프부종 환자의 비만 감소를 위한 신체활동과 운동

유지성¹^,^*

Physical Activity and Exercise in Obesity and Weight Management for Lymphedema Patients

Ji Sung Yoo¹^,^*

¹국립암센터 재활의학과

¹Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea

^*Address for correspondence: Ji Sung Yoo, MD, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang 10408, Republic of Korea, Tel: +82-31-920-1738, Fax: +82-31-920-2798, E-mail: jsyoo@ncc.re.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2026 Korean Society of Lymphology and Lymphedema. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Mar 27, 2022; Accepted: Apr 05, 2022

Published Online: May 31, 2022

Abatract

Obesity is associated with several comorbidity and increased risk of some cancers in general population. Obesity after cancer diagnosis and treatment can exacerbate risk for functional decline, comorbidity, and possibly cancer recurrence in cancer survivors. In addition, obesity is well known risk factor of lymphedema. Therefore, clinicians need to educate awareness of the weight management in cancer survivors with lymphedema. For weight reduction, aerobic exercise is main component than resistant exercise. However, combined aerobic and resistant exercise is effective for reducing lean mass loss during weight loss and improving functional statue. In lymphedema patients, several studies showed that progressive resistant exercise does not have a systematic negative effect on breast cancer-related lymphedema. Therefore, clinicians need to educate patients on aerobic and progressive resistant exercise strategies on lymphedema patients.

Keywords: Physical Activity; Exercise; Obesity; Lymphedema