Patients' Knowledge About Osteoarthritis Knee and Their Perception About Physiotherapy Management for Osteoarthritis Knee Pain – A Qualitative Pilot Study

Background: Osteoarthritis is a common, debilitating chronic joint disease and is a leading cause of pain worldwide. There is very little literature on patients' knowledge of osteoarthritis knee and their Perception of physiotherapy management for osteoarthritis knee pain. So, the study aims to know about the patients' Perceptions of physiotherapy treatment in Osteoarthritis knee pain and their knowledge about osteoarthritis knee. Materials And Method: 7 individuals above 55 years were interviewed using a selfadministered, semi-structured questionnaire. The participants were recruited from a tertiary care hospital in Ahmednagar. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. The thematical approach was used according to the approach of Morse et al. Result: Codes: 1) knowledge2) treatment option3) avoidance of surgery4) physiotherapy management. From which four key themes emerged Most Conclusion: of the patients lack knowledge of osteoarthritis, but some patients described osteoarthritis as "wear and tear of joints," "rubbing of bones on one another, "or "knee pain,".