The effect of using laparoscopic instruments on muscle activation patterns during minimally invasive surgical training procedures

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 462-465

  Quick, N E ^a   Gillette, J C ^b   Shapiro, R ^a,b   Adrales, G L ^a   Gerlach, D ^a   Park, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Laparoscopic training; Laparoscopy; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; ARM; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345701211     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8530-6     Document Type: Article

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