Does Tourniquet Use in TKA Affect Recovery of Lower Extremity Strength and Function? A Randomized Trial

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 474, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-77

  Dennis, Douglas A ^a,b,c,d   Kittelson, Andrew J ^e   Yang, Charlie C ^a   Miner, Todd M ^a   Kim, Raymond H ^a,d,f   Stevens Lapsley, Jennifer E ^e  

^a Ringgold Standard Institution   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d University of Denver   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEMENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INCISION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TOURNIQUET; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COLORADO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; KNEE; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REHABILITATION; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952877321     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-015-4393-8     Document Type: Article

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