2016
Transfer and priming of surgical skills across minimally invasive surgical platforms
Zihni A, Ge T, Ray S, Wang R, Liang Z, Cavallo JA, Awad MM. Transfer and priming of surgical skills across minimally invasive surgical platforms. Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 206: 48-52. PMID: 27916374, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.06.026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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