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After total knee replacement surgery does it will effect the muscle strength of the legs as advanced techniques are available for knee replacement surgery.
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Muscle strength won’t be affected
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We as arthroplasty surgeons start physiotherapy before the surgery so that you know what exercises to do and can recover well following surgery and muscle strength would be maintained .Yes some strength would be lost because of operation pain but physiotherapy will help you through out. Specific operative techniques are available for muscle strength maintainence like subvastus approach which will help you recover quickly.
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Dr. Jyoti Singh Kapoor
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Delhi
The effect of total knee replacement surgery on muscle strength is temporary and recovers after surgery with proper physiotherapy exercises.
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