Hand dominance and performance in a laparoscopic skills curriculum

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 673-677

  Powers, T W ^a   Bentrem, D J ^a   Nagle, A P ^a   Toyama, M T ^a   Murphy, S A ^a   Murayama, K M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Ergonomy; Hand dominance; Laparoscopic skill; Skills curriculum

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 21244445861     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-8290-y     Document Type: Article

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