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Although historically viewed as passive cartilage \u201cwear and tear,\u201d knee osteoarthritis is now understood as a heterogeneous whole-joint disease involving cartilage matrix degradation, chondrocyte dysfunction, synovial inflammation, subchondral bone remodeling, genetic and epigenetic susceptibility, and altered biomechanics. This narrative review examines current and emerging strategies for knee osteoarthritis management across the joint-preservation continuum. PubMed\/MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were searched through August 2026, prioritizing systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, clinical practice guidelines, and relevant primary studies, with selective inclusion of preclinical evidence for emerging therapies. This broader biological understanding has identified therapeutic targets and supports a joint-preservation continuum that extends from weight management, exercise, and pharmacologic symptom control to intra-articular therapies, cartilage restoration, and investigational molecular or gene-based interventions. Currently available intra-articular therapies may provide symptom relief in selected patients but have not demonstrated consistent structural disease modification, and guideline recommendations differ for several intra-articular, orthobiologic, and regenerative treatments because of substantial heterogeneity in the available evidence. Emerging approaches, including cytokine-directed therapy, photobiomodulation, platelet-rich plasma, and tissue engineering, aim to influence disease mechanisms, although their clinical maturity and evidentiary strength vary substantially. 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