Construct validity testing of the Arthroscopic Knot Trainer (ArK)

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 906-911

  Wong, Ivan H ^a   Denkers, Matthew ^b   Urquhart, Nathan ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^a  

^a Hamilton General Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Education; Knot tying; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; SUTURING METHOD; VIDEORECORDING;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDICS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84923804059     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2524-x     Document Type: Article

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