BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of medial Mulligan glide MWM and internal rotation Mulligan glide MWM in terms of pain, range of motion, functional performance and functional disability in subjects with knee osteoarthritis. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A written informed consent was obtained from 60 participants and were randomly assigned into the two groups ie, group A and B, each group comprising of 30 participants. Group A was treated with medial Mulligan glide MWM and group B was treated with internal rotation Mulligan glide MWM. Both the group received short wave diathermy and supervised exercise as a conventional treatment. Outcome was measured in terms of visual analogue scale, knee range of motion, functional performance (TUGT, TSTST, TUDST) on 1st day pre-intervention, 1st day post-intervention and 7th day post-intervention. Functional disability was measured by Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Disability Index (WOMAC) on 1st day pre-intervention and 7th day post-intervention. RESULTS: In the present study intra group comparison (result showed that pain relief, improved knee range of motion, functional performance and reduced functional disability was statistically significant in both the group. Whereas inter group comparison results showed that group B ie, internal rotation Mulligan glide MWM is better as compared to group A ie, medial Mulligan glide MWM. CONCLUSION: The inter group comparison showed that group B ie, internal rotation Mulligan glide MWM is superior.

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