A study of surgeons' postural muscle activity during open, laparoscopic, and endovascular surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1712-1721

  Szeto, G P Y ^d   Ho, P ^a,b   Ting, A C W ^a   Poon, J T C ^a   Tsang, R C C ^c   Cheng, S W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Electromyography; Ergonomics; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Neck pain.; Surgeon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB STRESS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; LAPAROSCOPY; NECK; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGERY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; PHYSICIANS; POSTURE; SHOULDER; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955662070     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0834-3     Document Type: Article

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