Ergonomic assessment of optimum operating table height for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 783-789

  Manasnayakorn, Sopark ^a,b   Cuschieri, Alfred ^c   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Operating table height

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; ERROR; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; HEIGHT; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING TABLE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 62949159652     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0068-9     Document Type: Article

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