The effectiveness of physiotherapy modality combining with exercise towards reducing pain among elderly with knee osteoarthritis in Malang, Indonesia

The prevalence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) among elderly in Indonesia is still high with 11.55% in men and 15.7% in women, which this condition affect their mobility. Due to the fact that pain is one of the main factors responsible for limitation of their functionality, thus it such an important things to do intervention to manage it. Modality physiotherapy and exercises proved is an effective therapy to improve function as the use of non-hormonal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with knee OA.