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Table 1 Usual Care Exercises

From: Does the addition of hip strengthening exercises improve outcomes following total knee arthroplasty? A study protocol for a randomized trial

Goal

Exercise

Improve quadriceps strength

Static quads

Quads over fulcrum

Forward step-ups

Squats

Leg press

Forward step-downs

Increase active knee flexion ROM

Hip and knee flexion

Knee flexion in sitting

Seated slides

Exercise bike

Improve hamstring strength

Hamstring curls in prone

Hamstring curls in standing

Increase knee extension ROM

Prone hanging

Knee extension stretch in sitting

Improve calf muscle strength and flexibility

Heel rises

Calf stretch