Research
Ergonomic assessment of the posture of surgeons performing endoscopic transurethral resections in urology
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* Corresponding author: Alwin Luttmann luttmann@ifado.de
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1 IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Ardeystraße 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
2 Urologische Klinik, Städtische Kliniken Dortmund (formerly), Münsterstraße 240, 44145 Dortmund, Germany
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009, 4:26 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-4-26
Published: 19 October 2009Additional files
Additional file 1:
Table S1 - Encoding system for body segments' positions. System for the categorisation of body segments' positions including the range of definition for the various movements and the used step-width and numbers of categories.
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Table S2 - Duration of body segments' positions. Duration of the time periods the surgeons remained uninterruptedly in various posture categories of the head, trunk and right arm; average and range (in brackets) of the mean durations for the single operations (direct endoscopy: n = 10, monitor endoscopy: n = 9).
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