Ergonomic aspects of different handles for minimally invasive surgery - An EMG based study

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1269-1273

  Matern, U ^a   Giebmeyer, C ^a   Bergmann, R ^a   Waller, P ^a   Faist, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Laparoscopy; Surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0442295329     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120104501703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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