Isokinetic Strength Testing Following Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures Predicts Time to Recovery and Return of Muscle Strength in the Injured Extremity: A Prospective Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The speed and degree of functional recovery over time after surgery for tibial shaft fracture has been previously described using subjective methods.

Questions/purpose

This study aimed to quantitatively measure recovery of isokinetic strength in the injured leg after surgical repair of isolated closed tibial shaft fracture.

Methods

In this prospective case series, patients were recruited after intramedullary nailing for isolated closed tibial shaft fracture at an academic medical center from January 2012 to December 2015. Recovery of isokinetic strength was quantified using an isokinetic dynamometer. Eight measures of isokinetic strength at 3, 6, and 12 months' follow-up were used to compare strength in the injured leg to the healthy leg.

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SUBMITTER: Goodwin AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148580 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature