title: Muscle strength before and after menisectomy: a comparison of methods of post-operative management.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011182:Postoperative Care