A study of surgeons’ postural muscle activity during open, laparoscopic, and endovascular surgery
- 25 December 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Surgical Endoscopy
- Vol. 24 (7), 1712-1721
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0834-3
Abstract
Different surgical procedures impose different physical demands on surgeons and high prevalence rates of neck and shoulder pain have been reported among general surgeons. Past research has examined electromyography in surgeons mainly during simulated conditions of laparoscopic and open surgery but not during real-time operations and not for long durations. The present study compares the neck-shoulder muscle activities in three types of surgery and between different surgeons. The relationships of postural muscle activities to musculoskeletal symptoms and personal factors also are examined.Keywords
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