Ergonomic Deficits in Robotic Gynecologic Oncology Surgery: A Need for Intervention

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 648-655

  Craven, Renatta ^a   Franasiak, Jason ^a   Mosaly, Prithima ^a   Gehrig, Paola A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Occupational strain; Rapid upper limb assessment; Robotic surgery; Strain Index

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATOR; RAPID UPPER LIMB ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; STRAIN INDEX; SURGEON; VIDEORECORDING; VIDEOTAPE;

ERGONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL STRAIN; RAPID UPPER LIMB ASSESSMENT; ROBOTIC SURGERY; STRAIN INDEX;

GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PATIENT POSITIONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84883807621     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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