Plessl D, Salomon B, Haydel A, et al. - This study was intended to evaluate whether rapid vs standard recovery protocol is correlated with improved recovery of range of motion 12 weeks after total knee arthroplasty. Researchers examined the medical charts of 323 patients who had undergone primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) conducted by a single orthopedic surgeon at a university-based orthopedic tertiary care safety net practice. One-hundred twenty-nine out of 323 patients were treated with a standard recovery protocol (SRP) between January 1, 2012, and December 10, 2013, and 194 with rapid recovery protocols (RRPs) beginning December 11, 2013. The data exhibited that individuals who received a RRP had a markedly greater ROM than patients who received an SRP during the first 12 weeks after TKA, implying that RRP may allow patients to do a greater variety of activities of daily living during the first 3 postoperative months while reducing health care costs.