Electromyographic correlates of learning during robotic surgical training in virtual reality

• Published in: Studies in health technology and informatics Vol. 163; p. 630
• Main Authors: Suh, Irene H, Mukherjee, Mukul, Schrack, Ryan, Park, Shi-Hyun, Chien, Jung-Hung, Oleynikov, Dmitry, Siu, Ka-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2011
• Subjects: Arm - physiology; Electromyography - methods; Humans; Learning - physiology; Man-Machine Systems; Movement - physiology; Muscle Contraction - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Robotics - methods; Statistics as Topic; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; User-Computer Interface

The purpose of this study was to investigate the muscle activation and the muscle frequency response of the dominant arm muscles (flexor carpi radialis and extensor digitorum) and hand muscles (abductor pollicis and first dorsal interosseous) during robotic surgical skills training in a virtual envi...