NCT01450904

The Recovery Time of Quadriceps Strength After Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA): The Effect of Quadriceps Incision Length

The Recovery Time of Quadriceps Strength After Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Effect of Quadriceps Incision Length

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty (MIS-TKA) became the popular technique. It had the less postoperative pain and shorter recovery time compared to the conventional technique. With using MIS technique, less cut of quadriceps tendon was the key. It related to keep more quadriceps strength and improve functional performance after TKA. However, there was no previous studies about the effect of quadriceps incision length in the recovery time of the quadriceps strength. The investigators hypothesized that longer quadriceps incision affected the longer recovery time of quadriceps strength in MIS-TKA.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis of Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Quadriceps incision < 2 cm	MIS-TKA was performed with less than 2 cm Quadriceps incision length
PROCEDURE	Quadriceps incision 2-4 cm	MIS-TKA was performed with 2 to 4 cm Quadriceps incision length
PROCEDURE	Quadriceps incision > 4 cm	MIS-TKA was performed with more than 4 cm Quadriceps incision length

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2011-10-12
• Last updated: 2011-10-12