Appendix 1. Medline Search Strategy

Appendix 2. CENTRAL Search Strategy

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Lymphedema] explode all trees

#2 lymphoedema* or lymphedema* or lymphatic oedema* or lymphatic edema* or oedema* or edema* or arm oedema or arm edema or upper extremity oedema or upper extremity edema or lymphoedemic or lymphedemic

#3 #1 and #2

#4 complete decongestive therap* or conservative treatment or complete decongestive physiotherap* or CDP or manual lymphatic drain* or MLD or sequential pneumatic compression or complex decongestive therap* or decongestive lymphatic therap* or Foldi method or Vodder method or massage or compression bandag* or compression garment* or compression hosiery or compression therap*

#5 MeSH descriptor: [Massage] explode all trees

#6 #4 or #5

#7 #3 and #6

Appendix 3. EMBASE Search Strategy

#1

random* OR factorial* OR crossover* OR cross AND over* OR placebo* OR (doubl* AND blind*) OR (singl* AND blind*) OR assign* OR allocat* OR volunteer* OR 'crossover procedure'/exp OR 'double blind procedure'/exp OR 'randomized controlled trial'/exp OR 'single blind procedure'/exp

#2

'lymphoedema'/exp OR lymphoedema

#3

'lymphedema'/exp OR lymphedema

#4

'arm edema'/exp OR 'arm edema'

#5

'arm oedema'

#6

arm NEAR/3 (oedema OR edema)

#7

'upper extremity edema'

#8

'upper extremity oedema'

#9

lymphedemic

#10

lymphoedemic

#11

#2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10

#12

'complete decongestive therapy'

#13

'conservative treatment'/exp OR 'conservative treatment'

#14

'complete decongestive physiotherapy'

#15

'cdp'/exp OR cdp

#16

'manual lymphatic drainage'

#17

mld

#18

'sequential pneumatic compression'

#19

'complex decongestive therapy'

#20

'decongestive lymphatic therapy'

#21

'foldi method'

#22

'vodder method'

#23

'lymphatic drainage'/exp OR 'lymphatic drainage'

#24

(complex OR complete) NEAR/5 'decongestive therapy'

#25

complete NEAR/5 'decongestive physiotherapy'

#26

decongestive NEAR/5 'lymphatic therapy'

#27

'manual lymphatic drainage therapy'

#28

'manual lymphatic drainage'

#29

'massage'/exp OR massage

#30

'compression bandages'/exp OR 'compression bandages'

#31

'compression garment'/exp OR 'compression garment'

#32

'compression hosiery'

#33

'compression bandage'/exp OR 'compression bandage'

#34

'compression therapy'/exp OR 'compression therapy'

#35

#12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 OR #23 OR #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34

#36

#1 AND #11 AND #35

#37

#36 AND [humans]/lim AND [embase]/lim

Appendix 4. WHO ICTRP Search Strategy

Basic Searches:

1. Complete decongestive therapy for lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

2. Complete decongestive therapy AND lymphoedema

3. Complete decongestive therapy AND lymphedema

Advanced Searches:

1. Title: complete decongestive therapy for lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

Recruitment Status: ALL

2. Title: complete decongestive therapy for lymphoedema following breast cancer treatment

Recruitment Status: ALL

3. Condition: lymphoedema*

Intervention: complete decongestive therapy OR conservative treatment OR complete decongestive physiotherapy OR CDP OR manual lymphatic drainage OR MLD OR sequential pneumatic compression OR complex decongestive therapy OR decongestive lymphatic therapy OR Foldi method OR Vodder method

Recruitment Status: ALL

4. Condition: lymphedema*

Intervention: complete decongestive therapy OR conservative treatment OR complete decongestive physiotherapy OR CDP OR manual lymphatic drainage OR MLD OR sequential pneumatic compression OR complex decongestive therapy OR decongestive lymphatic therapy OR Foldi method OR Vodder method

Recruitment Status:

ALL