Abstract
Background: Osteoarthritis is affecting most of the population globally and knee osteoarthritis is the most common joint of the body getting involved. People nowadays are becoming fitness freaks, but without proper planning of fitness protocols and food habits, they end up with knee osteoarthritis. So, aiming to find out the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the growing society will help in improving the lives of human beings and make them perform well in daily life and on the field. Methodology: An observational descriptive analytic study, the target population was sports and non-sports individuals. Results: Sports individuals had a 6.52% KOA prevalence which (43.75% - males) and (56.25% - females). Non-sports individuals had 14.87% of KOA prevalence, of which (45.34% - males) and (54.65% - females). Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in non-sports individuals as compared to sports individuals and higher in females than males.
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