Ambidextrous sonographic scanning to reduce sonographer repetitive strain injury

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Seto, Emily ^a   Biclar, Lizette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambidextrous; Handedness; Repetitive strain injury; Sonographer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TRAINING; TRANSDUCER; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 43149090953     PISSN: 87564793     EISSN: 15525430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756479308315230     Document Type: Article

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