Ergonomic principles of task alignment, visual display, and direction of execution of laparoscopic bowel suturing

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-271

  Emam, T A ^a   Hanna, G ^a   Cuschieri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Laparoscopic suturing; Motion analysis; Planar visual display; Telemetric electromyography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; KINESIOLOGY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LAPAROSCOPY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0036156297     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8152-4     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Biomechanics of the distal upper limb
2. Effect of intracorporeal-extracorporeal instrument length ratio on endoscopic task performance and surgeon movements
3. Influence of direction of view, target-to-endoscope distance and manipulation angle on endoscopic knot tying
4. Optimal port locations for endoscopic intracorporeal knotting
5. Ergonomic evaluation of laparoscopic bowel suturing
6. Detection of muscle fatigue with electromyography
7. Analysis of surgical movements during suturing in laparoscopy