Gait analysis following removal of quadricept muscles for resection of tumor.

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The patient was an 83-year-old woman who had noted swelling about the anterior aspect of the left thigh. The clinical diagnosis was a malignant soft tissue tumor and she underwent a radical resection of the left thigh which included the entire quadriceps muscles without reconstruction of extensor mechanism of the knee. But a few months after the operation, she walked well without a cane indoors and without her knee giving way. Gait analysis was performed using T. V. and floor reaction by force plate. We thought that the extensor mechanism of the knee was compensated for by the various muscles, and especially by the hip and ankle joints.
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