A comparison of forearm and thumb muscle electromyographic responses to the use of laparoscopic instruments with either a finger grasp or a palm grasp

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1634-1645

  Berguer, Ramon ^a,c   Gerber, Steve ^d   Kilpatrick, Glen ^b,c   Remler, Michael ^b,c   Beckley, Dennis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FINGER GRASPS; LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PALM GRASPS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0032586137     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399184721     Document Type: Article

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