Objective To collect and summarize the evidence on muscle strength rehabilitation for total knee arthroplasty patients, and to provide references for health education in department of orthopedics. Methods Computerized literature searches were performed in Cochrane Library, JBI, National Guideline Clearinghouse, Registered Nurses′ Association of Ontaric, PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, CNKI, and Wanfang database, to retrieve high-level evidence (systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, evidence summaries) which was about muscle strength rehabilitation for total knee arthroplasty patients and indexed into these databases from inception to June 2018. Then the retrieved evidence was screened and evaluated. Results A total of 10 publications were included, and 15 pieces of evidence which was subfactored into 3 different intervention strategies (preoperative assessment, early intervention and follow-up), were summarized. Conclusion This research has summarized systematic, solid evidence on muscle strength rehabilitation for total knee arthroplasty patients. The evidence could serve as practice guide in clinical settings.