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Objective To explore the clinical effect of Tuina therapy for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients and their musculus quadriceps fexoris strength. Methods The 114 patients with KOA who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group (57 in each group). The patients in observation group were treated with Tuina therapy, and the control group were treated with Meloxicam. All the patients were treated for 30 days. The Isokinetic muscle strength test was used to evaluate the strength of the four biceps femoris muscle, and HSS score and pain score were observed before and after treatment. Results The total effective rate of the observation group was 91.2% (52/57), and the control group was 71.9% (41/57). The difference between 2 groups was statistically significant (χ2=3.971, P=0.018). After treatment, the HSS scores (79.0 ± 2.0 vs. 66.3 ± 1.4; t=3.121, P<0.01) in observation group were significantly higher than that in control group, and the pain scores (1.7 ± 1.1 vs. 3.2 ± 1.1; t=2.953, P<0.01) in observation group were significantly lower than that in control group. The PT (59.91 ± 25.90 Kgm vs. 55.17 ± 25.88 Kgm, t=2.652), AP (30.04 ± 12.59 W vs. 28.02 ± 17.03 W, t=3.618), TW (496.47 ± 257.26 Nm vs. 466.19 ± 225.70 Nm, t=3.227) of 60/s isokinetic muscle strength test and PT (37.22 ± 18.73 Kgm vs. 32.54 ± 15.22 Kgm, t=2.511), AP (39.43 ± 18.02 W vs. 36.14 ± 23.88 W, t=2.183), TW (326.03 ± 159.38 Nm vs. 267.66 ± 156.93 Nm, t=2.073) of 180/s isokinetic muscle strength test in observation group were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.05). Conclusions Tuina therapy could improve KOA patients' musculus quadriceps fexoris strength, which curative effect were better than oral treatment of Meloxicam.