Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture
Purpose Ophthalmic surgeons are at an increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders resulting from ophthalmology-specific routines and equipment, which have become widely associated with poor posture. The purpose of this study was to observe the effect that a commercially available posture...
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| author | Zahra Markatia Hasenin Al-Khersan Meghana Kalavar Arjun Watane Nicolas Yannuzzi Jayanth Sridhar |
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Purpose Ophthalmic surgeons are at an increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders resulting from ophthalmology-specific routines and equipment, which have become widely associated with poor posture. The purpose of this study was to observe the effect that a commercially available posture trainer, Upright Go, can have on the improvement of posture of ophthalmic surgeons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32bb6686270f484b9ec68682dc487feb2023-12-06T00:27:00ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Journal of Academic Ophthalmology2475-47572023-07-011502e276e27910.1055/s-0043-1777411Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back PostureZahra Markatia0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7937-3720Hasenin Al-Khersan1Meghana Kalavar2Arjun Watane3Nicolas Yannuzzi4Jayanth Sridhar5Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine Cullen Eye Institute, Houston, TexasDepartment of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami FloridaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ohio State University Ophthalmology, Columbus, OhioDepartment of Ophthalmology, Yale Eye Center, New Haven, ConnecticutDepartment of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami FloridaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California Los Angeles Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California Purpose Ophthalmic surgeons are at an increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders resulting from ophthalmology-specific routines and equipment, which have become widely associated with poor posture. The purpose of this study was to observe the effect that a commercially available posture trainer, Upright Go, can have on the improvement of posture of ophthalmic surgeons.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1777411postureposture trainingintraoperativeergonomicsophthalmic surgeryback posture |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Markatia Hasenin Al-Khersan Meghana Kalavar Arjun Watane Nicolas Yannuzzi Jayanth Sridhar Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture Journal of Academic Ophthalmology posture posture training intraoperative ergonomics ophthalmic surgery back posture |
| title | Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture |
| title_full | Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture |
| title_fullStr | Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture |
| title_short | Ergonomics of Ophthalmic Surgery: Evaluating the Effect of a Posture Trainer on Trainee Intraoperative Back Posture |
| title_sort | ergonomics of ophthalmic surgery evaluating the effect of a posture trainer on trainee intraoperative back posture |
| topic | posture posture training intraoperative ergonomics ophthalmic surgery back posture |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1777411 |
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