ArticlePhysical therapy2022
Total Knee Arthroplasty Assessments Should Include Strength and Performance-Based Functional Tests to Complement Range-of-Motion and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.
Article in Physical therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06701474 (Association Between Phase Angle and Functional Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Association Between Phase Angle and Functional Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Performance-Based Outcome Measures After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Content Analysis Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of supervised exercise and pain neuroscience education on muscle strength and power in patients with chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty: An exploratory analysis from the NEPNEP trial.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Trial
- Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2023Trial
- Task-specific determinants of one-year performance after unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty.Bone & joint open · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia and Postoperative Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Rehabilitation of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis and after Knee Arthroplasty.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2026Review
- Temporal changes in quadriceps and hamstring strength and flexibility following total knee arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Total knee arthroplasty: considerations for multidisciplinary teams in patients' postsurgical pain management.Journal of anesthesia · 2026Article
- Multidimensional Assessment of Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Clinical Practice: Critical Narrative Review.JMIR perioperative medicine · 2026Review
- Foot posture as a biomechanical outcome measure following total knee arthroplasty in individuals with severe knee osteoarthritis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Arthrogenic muscle inhibition: A prevalent issue in knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Observational
- Preoperative and Post-Rehabilitation Predictors of Gait Biomechanics Six Months After Total Knee Arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025Article
- Knee extensor muscle strength, physical function and patient-reported outcomes the first year after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective longitudinal study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Observational
- Impact of personality traits on activities of daily living in patient-reported outcomes one and six months after total knee arthroplasty: a cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Muscle Activation and Mobility After Robotic Total Knee Arthroplasty: Insights from Early Postoperative Recovery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Functional quadriceps endurance, dynamic balance, and patient-reported recovery after total knee arthroplasty: a cross-sectional analysis of functional capacity and perceived disability.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The effect of kinesio taping on joint range of motion and balance in total knee replacement patients.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2024Article
- [Evaluation of early effectiveness of local infiltration anesthesia with compound betamethasone in total knee arthroplasty].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024Article
- Long-term function, body composition and cardiometabolic health in midlife former athletes: a scoping review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023Article
- New-onset Fibromyalgia After Total Knee Replacement in Patients With Osteoarthritis: A Propensity-score-matched Cohort Study in the United States.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
Range of motion (ROM) and pain often define successful recovery after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but these routine clinical outcomes correlate poorly or not at all to functional capacity after TKA. The purpose of this Perspective is to underscore the importance of muscle strength and performance-based functional tests in addition to knee ROM and patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to evaluate outcomes after TKA. Specifically: (1) muscle strength is the rate-limiting step for recovery of function after TKA; (2) progressive rehabilitation targeting early quadriceps muscle strengthening improves outcomes and does not compromise ROM after TKA; (3) ROM and PROs fail to fully capture functional limitations after TKA; and (4) performance-based functional tests are critical to evaluate function objectively after TKA. This Perspective also addresses studies that question the need for or benefit of physical therapy after TKA because their conclusions focus only on ROM and PRO measures. Future research is needed to determine the optimal timing, delivery, intensity, and content of physical therapy.
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