Ergonomic aspects of five different types of laparoscopic instrument handles under dynamic conditions with respect to specific laparoscopic tasks: An electromyographic-based study

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1231-1241

  Matern, U ^a,b   Kuttler, G ^a   Giebmeyer, C ^a   Waller, P ^a   Faist, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Human factors; Laparoscopy; Surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPAROSCOPE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242888464     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-9162-1     Document Type: Article

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