The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 83-88, January 2007

Strength and Voluntary Activation of Quadriceps Femoris Muscle in Total Knee Arthroplasty with Midvastus and Subvastus Approaches

  • Alexander Berth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Otto-von-Guericke- University, Magdeburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alexander Berth, MD, Orthopädische Univers itätsklinik, Otto-von-Guericke Universität, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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  • Dietmar Urbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Otto-von-Guericke- University, Magdeburg, Germany
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  • Wolfram Neumann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Otto-von-Guericke- University, Magdeburg, Germany
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  • Friedemann Awiszus, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Research Group of the Department of Orthopaedics, Otto-von-Guericke- University, Magdeburg, Germany

Received 4 June 2005; accepted 26 February 2006.

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 Benefits or funds were received in partial or total support of the research material described in this article from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft AW 5/2 – 4.

PII: S0883-5403(06)00260-9

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2006.02.161

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 83-88, January 2007