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Purpose: Many knee pathologies negatively affects the quality of life of patients. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between type of pathology, duration of rehabilitation and quality of life. Method: 154 (mean age, 34.74 ± 11.8 years, 73 women) patients with meniscectomy, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and patellofemoral pain syndrome treated conservatively were included in the study. The mean follow-up was 14.5 (range, 8-20) months. The patients were divided into 3 groups; meniscectomy group (Group 1; 52 patients; mean age, 37.0 ± 8.9, 27 women), anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction group (Group 2; 47 patients; mean age, 28.6 ± 8.5 years, 11 women ) and patellofemoral pain syndrome group (Group 3; 50 patients; mean age, 37.7 ± 13.6, 35 women). Short Form (SF-36) was used to assess the quality of life. One-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis with the SPSS 20 software. p <0.05 was considered significant.