An ergonomic analysis of the fulcrum effect in the acquisition of endoscopic skills

Endoscopy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 617-620

  Gallagher, A G ^a   McClure, N ^a   McGuigan, J ^a   Ritchie, K ^b   Sheehy, N P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0031756491     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1001366     Document Type: Article

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