A Mathematical and Ergonomic Analysis of Fundamental Laparoscopic Surgery Tools and Techniques
Abstract
Laparoscopic surgery is a means to perform procedures in a minimally invasive manner. For surgeons, this requires further training due to increased complexity and fatigue. The goal of these experiments was to study the ergonomics of laparoscopic tools and the physical and cognitive requirements of the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) tasks.
Surface electromyography (sEMG) was used to measure muscle fatigue on the left and right trapezius and electroencephalogram (EEG) was used to record brain waves of the participants. The percent maximum voluntary contraction (%MVC) concept was used to measure fatigue levels. Mean power spectral density was used to categorize the five different brain waves. There were two tasks in the experiment: peg transfer and suturing.
EEG results showed no significant difference in brainwave activity between the two tasks, but a difference was observed in trapezius muscle activation.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Ali Panahi
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-6-2022 12:00 PM
End Date
4-7-2022 5:00 PM
A Mathematical and Ergonomic Analysis of Fundamental Laparoscopic Surgery Tools and Techniques
Alvin Sherman Library
Laparoscopic surgery is a means to perform procedures in a minimally invasive manner. For surgeons, this requires further training due to increased complexity and fatigue. The goal of these experiments was to study the ergonomics of laparoscopic tools and the physical and cognitive requirements of the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) tasks.
Surface electromyography (sEMG) was used to measure muscle fatigue on the left and right trapezius and electroencephalogram (EEG) was used to record brain waves of the participants. The percent maximum voluntary contraction (%MVC) concept was used to measure fatigue levels. Mean power spectral density was used to categorize the five different brain waves. There were two tasks in the experiment: peg transfer and suturing.
EEG results showed no significant difference in brainwave activity between the two tasks, but a difference was observed in trapezius muscle activation.
