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Abstract Background: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of degenerative joint disease affecting 15% to 40% of people aged 40 and above and is associated with significant health and welfare costs. Purpose: to compare between pulsed electromagnetic field and ketoprofen phonophoresis in the management of moderate knee Osteoarthritis. Results: there were statistical significant differences within the 3 groups before and after treatment but there was no statistical significant difference between the three groups in Pain level, ROM, but there was statistical significant difference between the Pulsed electromagnetic field and the control group after treatment in functional performance. Conclusion: Both Pulsed electromagnetic field and Ketoprofen phonophoresis are effective in the treatment of moderate knee Osteoarthritis and no one of them is superior to the other |