Ergonomic testing of two different types of handles via virtual reality simulation

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1147-1150

  Matern, U ^a   Koneczny, S ^a   Tedeus, M ^a   Dietz, K ^a   Buess G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Instrument handles; Minimally invasive surgery; Surgical trainers; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; INSTRUMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 27144486253     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-2171-x     Document Type: Article

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