The effect of operating time on surgeon's hand tremor

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Slack, Paul S ^a   Coulson, Chris J ^b   Ma, X ^a   Pracy, P ^c   Parmar, S ^c   Webster, K ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Surgery; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREMOR;

EID: 57149131315     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0714-9     Document Type: Article

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