Motor coordination assessment in practicing surgeons and medical students

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-322

  Szczepanik, A M ^a   Spieszny, M ^b   Klocek, T ^b   Szczepanik, M ^b   Goroszeniuk, D ^c   Kubisz, A ^a   Kulig, J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination testing; Motor coordination; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954502607     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2010.11680624     Document Type: Article

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