The effect of operating time on surgeons' muscular fatigue

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 651-657

  Slack, P S ^a   Coulson, C J ^b   Ma, Xianghong ^a   Webster, K ^c   Proops, D W ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Muscular fatigue; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; OPERATION DURATION; SURGEON;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049083372     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X321710     Document Type: Article

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