Differences between experts and trainees in the motion pattern of the dominant upper limb during intracorporeal endoscopic knotting

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-125

  Emam, Tarek A ^a   Hanna, George B ^a   Kimber, Chris ^a   Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic knotting; Ergonomics; Laparoscopy, experience; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; ERGONOMICS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SHOULDER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034006690     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018813     Document Type: Article

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