Exercise critical to recovery after knee replacement

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 08:07 in Health & Medicine

It may be uncomfortable at first, but doing exercises to strengthen your quadriceps after you've had knee replacement surgery due to osteoarthritis is critical to your recovery. In fact, it can boost the function of your new knee to nearly that of a healthy adult your age. That's the finding of a University of Delaware study published in the February issue of Arthritis Care and Research...

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