Monitor height affects surgeons' stress level and performance on minimally invasive surgery tasks

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2005, Pages 498-501

  Smith, Warren D ^a   Berguer, Ramon ^b   Nguyen, Ninh T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; SURGERY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CERVICAL MUSCLES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERIES (MIS); MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK MUSCLES; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS LEVELS; TASK DIFFICULTY; VIDEO MONITORS;

ERRORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER TERMINAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 23844482228     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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