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ABSTRACT Background: Physical Therapy plays an important role in the management of Knee Osteoarthritis (OA). Egoscue exercise is a form of corrective exercise, it is the most convenient method for treating recurrent musculoskeletal pain caused by ageing, accidents, sports injuries, and other disorders. Effectiveness of Egoscue exercise showed that there was marked reduction in knee pain, improvement in body-function and balance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Study Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of Egoscue exercise on Pain, Body-function and Balance in individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis. Basic Methods: Eighteen (n=18) individuals with grade 2 and grade 3 knee OA were recruited for this study. The individuals were taken according to inclusion criteria and received set of Egoscue exercise for 5days/week for about 3 weeks. The outcome measures were numeric pain rating scale(NPRS), knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score(KOOS), lower quarter Y balance test(YBT-LQ) assessed at pre and post intervention. Main Results: The study showed statistically significant difference between pre and post treatment within subjects with knee OA after 3 weeks of intervention in pain, body-function and balance in terms of NPRS(p value<0.001), KOOS(p value<0.001), YBT-LQ (p value<0.001) which is highly significant. Principal Conclusion: Egoscue corrective exercises considerably decreased pain in participants with OA knees while also enhancing bodily function and balance. However no discernible changes in the YBT-LQ test for balance in the posteromedial direction of the right leg was noted.