TABLE IV.

Preoperative and Postoperative Hip Abductor Muscle Strength

	Posterior Approach		Direct Lateral Approach		Modified Anterolateral Watson-Jones Approach		P Value*
Strength	Preop. (N = 43)	Postop. (N = 43)	Preop. (N = 7)	Postop. (N = 53)	Preop. (N = 56)	Postop. (N = 56)	Preop.	Postop.
Grade 5	53.49% (23 hips)	93.02% (40 hips)	57.14% (4 hips)	92.45% (49 hips)	64.29% (36 hips)	96.43% (54 hips)	0.43	0.64
Grade 4	46.51% (20 hips)	6.98% (3 hips)	42.86% (3 hips)	7.55% (4 hips)	35.71% (20 hips)	3.57% (2 hips)	0.41	0.62
Grade 3	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	NS	NS
Grade 2	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	NS	NS
Grade 1	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	NS	NS
Grade 0	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	NS	NS

^*NS = not significant.