?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Study+on+Gait+Efficiency+and+Energy+Cost+of+Below+Knee+Amputees+After+Therapeutic+Practices&rft.creator=Biswas%2C+Durbadal&rft.creator=Lenka%2C+PK&rft.creator=Roy%2C+S&rft.creator=Kumar%2C+R&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=An+earlier+research+advocated+that+a+below+knee+amputee+(BK)+with+conventional+trans-tibial+prosthesis+attains+higher+gait+efficiency+at+lower+energy+cost+with+therapeutic+practices+of+proper+time+and+co-ordination+in+compare+to+normal+subjects+of+similar+physical+parameters+and+quality+of+life.+The+present+study+focused+on+comparative+analysis+of+energy+cost+and+gait+efficiency+between+a+group+of+below+knee+amputees+and+a+control+group+(normal+subjects+without+amputation)+to+indicate+the+consistency+of+the+earlier+findings.+The+subjects+were+selected+with+similar+physical+parameters+and+quality+of+life.+Oxygen+Uptake+(VO2)+and+Heart+Rate+(HR)+were+measured+by+Cosmed%C2%AE+k4+b2+analyzer+system.+Gait+efficiency+(p+%3C+0.0001)+was+found+higher+with+lower+energy+cost+for+BK+amputees+after+therapeutic+practices+than+control+group.+The+therapeutic+activities+contributed+to+efficient+gait+pattern+for+amputees+ensuring+proper+time+and+co-ordination+with+balance+in+consistence+to+the+earlier+research.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7825%2F1%2F2011-1-14.pdf&rft.identifier=++Biswas%2C+Durbadal+and+Lenka%2C+PK+and+Roy%2C+S+and+Kumar%2C+R++(2011)+Study+on+Gait+Efficiency+and+Energy+Cost+of+Below+Knee+Amputees+After+Therapeutic+Practices.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7825%2F