Effect of Inguinal Hernia Repair on Isokinetic Muscle Strength

Inclusion Criteria: * Signed written informed consent * Male gender (for minimizing the certain effect of gender to muscle strength) * Patients aged 18-65 years' old * Having no previous surgery * Patients within six months to postoperative first year * Ability to speak, read, and write Turkish Exclusion Criteria: * Infections or tumors of the spine * Systemic bone or joint disorders (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis) * Unstable cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases * Polyneuropathies and musculoskeletal system diseases * Presence of a diagnosed severe psychiatric disorder * Presence of severe pain * Regular exercise habit * Recurrent operation for a hernia * Presence bilateral inguinal hernia on concurrent femoral hernia * If the calculated Body mass index is lower than 20kg/cm2 or over than 35kg/cm2