Surgeons’ Perspectives on User-Designed Prototypes of Microsurgery Armrests

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• Personal Author:
  Abdelrahman AM ; Finnie DM ; Hallback MS ; Lemaine V ; Lowndes BR ; Mohan AT ; Noland SS
• Description:
  Microsurgery is considered one of the most demanding surgical techniques. In a recent American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons survey, respondents reported that about half their procedures lasted 8 hours or longer and 8% had tremor during their surgery. Thus, the aim of this study was to define user centered design requirements for a microsurgery armrest, create low-fidelity armrest design concepts and evaluate microsurgeons' perspectives on the advantages/disadvantages of five potential design concepts. Direct and videotaped observations of microsurgery, user brainstorming during a co-creation workshop and semi-structured interviews were used. The resulting five microsurgery armrest concepts were presented pictorially through semi-structured interviews, where microsurgeons defined armrest design requirements as: a) an armrest that allows the surgeons to be as close as possible to the patient; b) adjustable to accommodate different procedures sites and surgeon preferences; c) rigid enough to support arms; d) is not difficult to set up; nor e) large or bulky; and f) complies with operative sterility rules. This study illustrated how involving the users (microsurgeons) early in the design process provides useful perspectives on design requirements and implementation barrier for a cost-effective ergonomic microsurgery armrest to foster sound ergonomic surgical practice and reduce musculoskeletal health risk factors during microsurgery. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Equipment Design Human Factors Engineering Operating Rooms Surgeons Surgery
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Minnesota ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068497
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 62nd Annual Meeting, October 1-5, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2018 Sep; 62(1):1047-1051
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 62nd Annual Meeting, October 1-5, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207113/cdc_207113_DS1.pdf
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