Exhibit 23.1

                         Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Encore Medical Corporation

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
333-48240), on Form S-8 of Encore Medical Corporation of our report dated March
1, 2002, related to the balance sheet of Encore Medical Corporation as of
December 31, 2001, and the related statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, which report appears in the
December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of Encore Medical Corporation.


                                 /s/ KPMG LLP