Measuring fatigue and stress in laparoscopic surgery: validity and reliability of the star-track test.

Kim PlatteChantal C J AlleblasJoanna IntHout Theodoor E Nieboer

Published in: Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (2018)

The star-track test is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the effect of physical fatigue and/or mental stress on the characteristics of manual dexterity in a laparoscopic setting.

Keyphrases

laparoscopic surgery
mental health
sleep quality
physical activity
stress induced
robot assisted
heat stress
depressive symptoms