ABSTRACT

Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the correlation between knee pain and function with severity of symptoms in menopausal woman Background: Musculoskeletal disorder is among the chronic disease and the main cause of long term physical disability. Osteoarthritis is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorder and devastating disease and is 4th leading cause of disability in the world that causes severe pain, decrease function, decreased social interaction and ultimately quality of life in patients. Method: There were 117 participants age between 40 to 55years were taken. Each were assessed for knee pain, knee function, severity of menopausal symptom, Outcome measure taken were VAS, WOMAC and MRS scale. Result: SPSS was used for analysis of data. Correlation between VAS and MRS (r= 0.066). Correlation between VAS and WOMAC (r = 0.033) and correlation between WOMAC and MRS (r= 0.081).Conclusion: Concluded that severity of symptoms in menopausal women and knee pain and function have very weak correlation and found that there was no statistical significance but clinically significant relationship between the severity of symptoms in menopausal women and knee pain and function in women. Keywords: Knee Pain, Menopausal Woman, Musculoskeletal disorder
Publication date: 01/02/2025

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2025/14.2.8675