Retracting and seeking movements during laparoscopic goal-oriented movements. Is the shortest path length optimal?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 943-949

  Chmarra, Magdalena K ^a,d   Jansen, Frank Willem ^b   Grimbergen, Cornelis A ^a,c   Dankelman, Jenny ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Goal oriented movement; Minimally invasive surgery; Motion analysis; Objective assessment; Path length; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GOAL ORIENTED MOVEMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRENDO TRACKING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 42149139381     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9526-z     Document Type: Article

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