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Improved quadriceps recovery early following minimally invasive TKA

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October 2014

Improved quadriceps recovery early following minimally invasive TKA

Vol: 3| Issue: 10| Number:78| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Better quadriceps recovery after minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2014 Aug;22(8):1759-64

Contributing Authors:
KY Cho KI Kim S Umrani SH Kim

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66 patients were randomly assigned to undergo either minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or conventional TKA. The purpose of this study was to objectively investigate functional recovery after TKA using dynamometry to measure quadriceps force recovery. Patients were followed for 1 year postoperatively. At 6 weeks postoperatively, patients who had undergone minimally invasive TKA displ...

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