<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial\',\'sans-serif\';\" lang=\"EN-IN\">This study was done to identify the problems associated with perceived pain and dysfunction in relation to proprioception in osteoarthrosis (OA) of knee. OA is a degenerative joint disorder, which commonly occurs in knee of middle aged and elderly patients, with a high prevalence rate amongst individuals with higher body-mass index. As t</span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial\',\'sans-serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY;\" lang=\"EN-MY\">he Community Orientated Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases (COPCORD) reported that, 23% of Malaysians aging more than 55 yrs. and 39% of those aged more than 65 yrs. complained of sharp increase in knee pain. </span><span style=\"font-family: \'Arial\',\'sans-serif\';\" lang=\"EN-IN\">From a pool of four-hundred and thirty-nine elderly individuals suffering from pain in knee, eighty individuals (fifty-three females and twenty-seven male patients) aging between fifty-six to sixty years were selected on the basis of Kellgren&rsquo;s grade and degree of deficit in proprioception. Participants were subjected to assessment of body-composition analyses using the BOD-POD analyser. Extent of proprioception was evaluated by the Isokinetic device and problems associated with stiffness were evaluated by the 3D motion tracking system. Following WOMAC assessment protocol, extent of difficulties associated with knee pain was evaluated. Individuals having considerably lower body-weight but high extent of stiffness in knee were observed to suffer from more pain, while those who were taller, if had higher BMI &amp; higher extent of stiffness, were evident as having most difficulty in proprioception. Significance of perceived stiffness was evident, which in association with different metabolic indices emerged as significant predictor of deficient proprioception and related knee osteoarthrosis.</span></p>
 
<p class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: \'Arial\',\'sans-serif\';\">Keywords: Proprioception, Coordination, Osteoarthrosis.</span></p>