Since the introduction of surgical robots into clinical practice, there has been a lively debate about the potential benefits and the need to implement haptic feedback for the surgeon. In the current article, a quantitative review of empirical findings from 21 studies (N = 332 subjects) is provided. Using metaanalytical methods, we found moderate effects on task accuracy (g =.61), large effect sizes of additional force feedback on average forces (g =.82) and peak forces (g = 1.09) and no effect on task completion times (g = -.05) when performing surgical tasks. Moreover, the magnitude of the force feedback effect was attenuated when visual depth information was available.
CITATION STYLE
Weber, B., & Schneider, S. (2014). The effects of force feedback on surgical task performance: A meta-analytical integration. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8619, pp. 150–157). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44196-1_19
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.