- Knee joint pain is one of the most leading causes of pain in young adults. In this era most of   the adults have sedentary lifestyle and spent most of their time in static sitting position. Cross legged sitting is one of the most adapted positions while sitting and along with sedentary lifestyle it can cause knee pain.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of knee pain due to cross legged sitting among university students in Lahore.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. 377 students were taken from different universities of Lahore between the age 18 to 29 year and who had sitting duration of at least a 3 -4 hours a day were included in the study using convenience sampling method. Knee pain was assessed through kujala anterior knee pain questionnaire for all the participants. The data was analyzed using SPSS software version 23.

Results: Results are based on the score calculated by the AKPS of every participant. Average score of participants indicates that prevalence of knee pain due to cross legged sitting is high among university students.

Conclusion: Knee pain has high prevalence as average score of all participants included in study was 73 that indicates it is fair according to the outcome scale of the questionnaire. It is concluding that prolonged cross-legged sitting cause knee pain.

Index Terms- Cross legged sitting, Knee pain, AKPS, convenience sampling, University students