2016
Ergonomic analysis of primary and assistant surgical roles
Zihni AM, Cavallo JA, Ray S, Ohu I, Cho S, Awad MM. Ergonomic analysis of primary and assistant surgical roles. Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 203: 301-305. PMID: 27363636, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.03.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaparoscopic surgeryMuscle groupsOperating surgeonSurgical roleMuscle activationMaximal voluntary contractionErgonomic stressSurgical assistantUnpaired t-testPrimary operating surgeonBilateral bicepsPrimary surgeryTrapezius muscleVoluntary contractionRight bicepsSurgeryMVC valuesAverage muscle activationElectromyography dataSurface electromyographySurgeonsSurgical assistingT-testErgonomic differencesBiceps
2014
FLS tasks can be used as an ergonomic discriminator between laparoscopic and robotic surgery
Zihni AM, Ohu I, Cavallo JA, Ousley J, Cho S, Awad MM. FLS tasks can be used as an ergonomic discriminator between laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Surgical Endoscopy 2014, 28: 2459-2465. PMID: 24619332, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3497-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean muscle activationMaximum voluntary contractionMuscle activationBilateral bicepsRobotic surgeryTrapezius muscleSurface electromyographyMuscle groupsPeg transferNormalized muscle activationErgonomic differencesRight trapezius muscleSurgical platformFLS tasksRight deltoid muscleFLS peg transferLaparoscopic Surgery (FLS) tasksRobotic surgical platformLaparoscopic peg transferDeltoid muscleVoluntary contractionIntracorporeal suturing taskRight bicepsLaparoscopicMVC values