An Ergonomic Comparison of Robotic and Laparoscopic Technique: The Influence of Surgeon Experience and Task Complexity

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Berguer, Ramon ^a   Smith, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ergonomics; laparoscopy; robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THENAR; VOLUNTEER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33744985765     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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