Laparoscopic surgery and ergonomics: It's time to think of ourselves as well [1]

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1680-1682

  Vereczkei, A ^a   Bubb, H ^b   Feussner, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; GAS FLOW; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INDUSTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TROCAR; VIDEORECORDING;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; POSTURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0345446625     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9020-1     Document Type: Letter

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