Impact of acute stress on psychomotor bimanual performance during a simulated tumor resection task

Authors: Khalid Bajunaid, Muhammad Abu Shadeque Mullah, Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, Fahad E Alotaibi, Jawad Fares, Marta Baggiani, Hamed Azarnoush, Sommer Christie, Gmaan Al-Zhrani, Ibrahim Marwa, Abdulrahman Jafar Sabbagh, Penny Werthner, Rolando F Del Maestro

Publication date: 2017

Journal: Journal of neurosurgery

Publisher: American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Description: Severe bleeding during neurosurgical operations can result in acute stress affecting the bimanual psychomotor performance of the operator, leading to surgical error and an adverse patient outcome. Objective methods to assess the influence of acute stress on neurosurgical bimanual psychomotor performance have not been developed. Virtual reality simulators, such as NeuroTouch, allow the testing of acute stress on psychomotor performance in risk-free environments. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the impact of a simulated stressful virtual reality tumor resection scenario by utilizing NeuroTouch to answer 2 questions: 1) What is the impact of acute stress on bimanual psychomotor performance during the resection of simulated tumors? 2) Does acute stress influence bimanual psychomotor performance immediately following the stressful episode …

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Impact of acute stress on psychomotor bimanual performance during a simulated tumor resection task

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