Ergonomic aspects of five different types of laparoscopic instrument handles under dynamic conditions with respect to specific laparoscopic tasks: an electromyographic-based study.
Matern
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Study Group Surgical Technologies, Department of General Surgery, Univ.-Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106, Freiburg i.Br., Germany. ulrich.matern@uni-tuebingen.de
Kuttler
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Giebmeyer
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Waller
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Faist
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D004576:Electromyography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics / Q000592:standards*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes / Q000592:standards*; D019300:Medical Errors; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors