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Gait quality can influence walking ability and mobility outcomes making it an important part of prosthetic rehabilitation. Prosthetic knee joint designs can influence gait quality, and limited data exists to guide component selection in under-resourced settings. This study compared spatiotemporal and kinematic gait parameters for two common types of friction-based swing-phase controlled prosthetic knee joints. Two-dimensional optical gait analysis was conducted as part of a cross-over study design involving 17 individuals with unilateral transfemoral amputations. Two prosthetic knee joints were compared. One utilized constant-friction (CF) and the other a variable cadence controller (VCC) for swing-phase control. Gait was analyzed at normal and fast walking speeds. Primary gait parameters included swing-phase time, step length, and knee flexion. Swing-phase time and peak knee flexion angles, as well as their related symmetry indices, were lower for the VCC compared to the CF (p &lt; 0.01), by 11.1 to 94.1%. The VCC resulted in faster walking speeds by approximately 15% compared to the CF (p = 0.002). Friction-based swing-phase knee control mechanisms can facilitate an appropriate and cost-effective prosthetic knee joint solution in under-resourced settings. The findings suggest that friction-based mechanism can be designed to improve gait quality, and in turn overall walking performance.

Gait Performance of Friction-Based Prosthetic Knee Joint Swing-Phase Controllers in Under-Resourced Settings