The Use of Wearable Activity Monitors to Measure Upper Limb Physical Activity After Axillary Lymph Node Dissection and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.

"in this study patients who had diep required more analgesia than patients who had mx (44% versus20%; supplementary data 1).; our compliance rate is approximately 81% (supplementary data 2) which is above average for this type of study we are currently extending the scope of the study to acquire data at additional long-term intervals."

"Disclosure The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Dr. Che Bakri and Dr. Kwasnicki received grants from the National Institute for Health Research Imperial Biomedical Research Centre during the conduct of the study. Dr. Darzi is the Chair of the Health Security initiative at Flagship Pioneering UK Ltd and Dr. Ashrafian is the Chief Scientific Officer of Preemptive Medicine and Health Security initiative at Flagship Pioneering UK. Dr Leff received grants from Cancer Research UK, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and National Institute for Health Research during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported."

"Funding This work was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) under award (no. WSSS_P69945 and WSGG_PA3152)."