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Abstract
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis a major cause of morbidity, limitation of activity and care utilization especially in elderly patients. ain and functional limitation are the primary manifestations of knee osteoarthritis. Many pharmacologic agents are available for ment of knee osteoarthritis but most of themhave side effects. Non pharmacologic therapy such as physical therapy, and resistive exercises and weightreduction are avoid the dangerous side effects of drugs. Also, many complementary modalities such as pathy, aromatherapy and herbs can be tried. Laser acupuncture is a safe and cheap tool for ng knee osteoarthritist is defined as the stimulation of tradition cture points with low intensity nonthermal laser ionn our study, 40 cases having bilateralgrade 2 knee hritis weresubjected to semiconductor (diode) laser ength=808 nanometer).12 laser sessions 3 times per.