PREVALENCE OF KNEE JOINT PAIN AMONG OUTDOOR PATIENTS

Knee pain is pain in or around the knee. The knee joint consists of an articulation between four bones: the femur, tibia, fibula and patella. There are four compartments to the knee. This cross-sectional study was conducted among outdoor patients presenting in different hospitals. Name, age, gender, presence or absence of knee joint pain, treatment modalities were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. There were 100 patients included in this study i.e. 40 males (40%) and 60 females (60%). The mean age of the patients was 34.23±5.45 years. Out of 100 patients, seventeen had history of occasional and frequent knee joint pain and they were taking medication for this condition.