Hand Dominance Is Not of Significance in Performing Fundamental Arthroscopic Skills Simulation Training Tasks

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the performance of the dominant and nondominant hand during fundamental arthroscopic simulator training.

Methods

Surgical trainees who participated in a 2-day simulator training course between 2021 and 2023 were classified, according to their arthroscopic experience in beginners and competents. Only right-handed individuals with complete data sets were included in the study. Ambidexterity was trained using a box trainer (Fundamentals of Arthroscopic Surgery Training, Virtamed AG, Schlieren, Switzerland).Two tasks, periscoping for learning camera guidance and triangulation for additional instrument handling, were performed 4 times with the camera in the dominant hand and then in the nondominant hand. For each task, exercise time, camera path length, and

SUBMITTER: Reppenhagen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448418 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature