title: Manual control and tracking--a human factor analysis relevant for beating heart surgery.
abstract: Manual control and tracking are fundamental to human factors and define a metric framework which determines the limits of surgical precision. This review provides a brief analysis of factors that are relevant for targeted motions. Knowing and accepting the limitations of human performance may help to optimize performance in off-pump surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heartcenter, University of Leipzig, Germany. falv@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000592:standards; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*