- Morbidity
- Activity limitation
- Physical disability
- Excess healthcare utilisation
- Reduced quality of life
- One of the most common disability
- Prevalence: 33.6% above 65 yrs
- Knee is affected most commonly
- No effective medicines
- Exercises are most effective
- No objective monitoring methods
- Number of surgeries increasing
- Joint replacement surgeries
- Arthroscopy/ Sports surgeries
- Trauma/ Fracture surgeries
- Rehabilitation is crucial
- No objective monitoring available
- Only guarded weight bearing
allowed following surgeries/injuries
with help of walking aids
- No objective monitoring to train the
patient or to alert if the permissible
range of force is exeeded
