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Introduction: Idiopathic anterior knee pain (IAKP) is one of the most common conditions to bring active young patients to a sports injury clinic; it is reported in about 40% of adolescent athletes. Idiopathic anterior knee pain (IAKP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder typically occurring in physically active people aged 40 years and younger. Methodology: It is an experimental study of pre-test and post-test. The sampling method is Purposive random sampling and sample size is 20. The duration of study is 4 weeks. The inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria are considered during their selection. Subjects were randomly divided into 2 parts - 'A'&'B'. Group 'A' will receive open kinetic chain and closed kinetic chain exercises. Group 'B' will receive close kinetic chain exercises with hip strengthening exercises. Outcome measure was NPRS and VAS scale. Results: The mean difference and standard deviation for pain score between pre and post treatment for Group B are recorded. Analysis of the data showed that there is reduction in pain score and improvement in functional ability. The comparison of significance of reduction in the pain score and functional ability score between pre and post treatment programs for Group A and pre and post treatment programs for Group B was done with paired 't' test values. Conclusion: This study concluded that the group A showed better improvement than the group B in reduction of pain and gaining improvement in functional ability.