Progress of Research on Rehabilitation Treatments for Specific Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common chronic degenerative bone and joint disease characterized by knee degeneration, pain, stiffness and knee dysfunction. The global prevalence of KOA has been gradually increasing with the aging of society and changes in lifestyle, rising by nearly 50% in the last 30 years, causing a heavy health and economic burden to patients, families and society. KOA cannot be completely cured at present, and all relevant guidelines recommend non-surgical and non-pharmacological treatments, mainly rehabilitation, as the preferred basic treatment for KOA. This paper adopts the literature search method to systematically analyse the relevant literature in the past 5 years, and review the rehabilitation methods for treating specific symptoms caused by KOA and the existing benefits and limitations of each therapy from various aspects, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation and emerging therapies, with a view to providing more valuable reference information for clinical rehabilitation and researchers, and to promote further development and application of rehabilitation methods for KOA.