Therapeutical Assessment of Compression Armsleeves for Lymphatic Indications

Inclusion Criteria: * women with a secondary arm-lymphedema for at least 3 months * willingness to wear compression arm-sleeves for at least 12 hours per day * maintenance phase, where no significant further reduction of arm-volume can be achieved * lymphedema in stadium 1 or 2 * age: at least 18 years * signed consent form by the patient * sufficient knowledge in national language Exclusion Criteria: * edema not completely reduced to "maintenance phase" * immobilized patient * acute deep vein thrombosis in arm * directly after arm-vein-thrombosis * acute arm erysipelas * malignant edema * existent lipedema * arterial occlusion * distinctive neuropathy in upper limbs * neurinoma in upper limbs * chronic pain after plastic surgery in upper limbs, shoulder or breast * change in drug treatment, that can influence edema situation during the study * pregnant women * breast giving mothers * not signed consent form * participation in a second clinical trial