 Participant characteristics
rheumatoid arthritis, acute ligamentous knee injuries, KOA
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS, SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, RECRUITMENT
 The data collection process (participant screening, recruitment, intervention, and outcomes assessments) was completed from June 2017 until January 2022. One hundred and seven adults of both genders with symptomatic KOA were initially screened for eligibility at the Physiotherapy Department of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. Out of this number, 27 cases did not meet the inclusion criteria since they presented with inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 11), declined to participate (n = 9), had acute ligamentous knee injuries (n = 4), and had recently participated in another interventional study (n = 3). Eighty patients agreed to participate in this study and were randomized into the experimental (19 men and 21 women) and control (15 men and 25 women) groups (
The CONSORT flow diagram. 