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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3634</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13715</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Functional Outcomes in Trans Femoral Amputees using Indigenously Developed Safe Gait Prosthetic Knee Joint&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shandilya</surname><given-names>Veerendra K.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Devmurari</surname><given-names>Parth</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shandilya</surname><given-names>Ashwinikumar V.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Parmar</surname><given-names>Lata D.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>12</day><month>04</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>167</fpage><lpage>171</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: India has a large young population with limb loss, especially from low economic strata, trauma being the major cause, suddenly takes a toll on the finances of the amputees. A low-cost endo-skeletal prosthetic knee joint, named __ampersandsignlsquo;Safe Gait__ampersandsignrsquo; has been designed and developed, with a mechanism of free knee joint with swing assist and a lock that can be operated at will and with ease by a patient at any point of time and terrain. Objective: The present study aims to assess the TFA using SGPKJ on the functional outcomes and compare to the patients wearing other imported prosthetic knee joint (OIPKJ) like polycentric knee joint, hydraulic knee joint, etc. It was hypothesized that SGPKJ would provide stability and mobility at a very low cost and thus could be an option for non-affording TFA. Methods: This was an __ampersandsignlsquo;Open-label__ampersandsignrsquo; study. The participants who satisfied the inclusion criteria were divided into two groups based on their prosthetic options, they were compared on functional measures like single limb stance time in a sec, Time Up and Go Test, __ampersandsignamp; Six Minutes__ampersandsignrsquo; Walk Test. Results: Show single-limb stance as 1.39 sec __ampersandsignamp; 1.48 sec; Gait speed as 1.37 m/sec __ampersandsignamp; 141m/sec in Safe Gait Prosthetic Knee Joint and Other Imported Prosthetic Knee Joint resp. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in other parameters viz. TUG __ampersandsignamp; 6MWT. Conclusion: The participants with SGPKJ were found to be compatible with mobility and stability on various locomotor tests.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Functional outcomes</kwd><kwd> Six-minute walk test</kwd><kwd> Time up and go test</kwd><kwd> Transfemoral amputation</kwd><kwd> Prosthetic knee joints</kwd><kwd> Lower  extremities amputations</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
