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© 1976 British Society for Rheumatology

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MUSCLE STRENGTH BEFORE AND AFTER MENISECTOMY: A COMPARISON OF METHODS OF POST-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT*

D. G. JENKINS{dagger}, F. J. IMMS{ddagger},, S. P. PRESTIDGE{ddagger} and G. I. SMALL§

{dagger}Joint Services Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington, Surrey.
{ddagger}MRC Environmental Physiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT.
§Royal Herbert Hospital London S.E.18.

Correspondence to: Reprints from: Dr. F. J. Imms, MRC Environmental Physiology Unit (Annexe), 242 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LB.

In patients who have undergone menisectomy, isometric strength of the extensor and flexor muscles of the knee improves more rapidly when flexion exercises are encouraged. Immobilizing the knee joint in a back-slab and restricting the patient to static bracing of the quadriceps delays the recovery of strength, particularly in the more flexed positions of the knee joint.

*Based on a paper read at a meeting of the British Association for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, London, March 1976.


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