Teleos (Technology Enhanced Learning Environment for Orthopaedic Surgery)
The surgical gesture, would it be performed conventionally or with computer assistance, is generally complex making using of a large amount of explicit or implicit knowledge. The surgeon is standing up and the gesture involves sophisticated control loops. When executed the action may be critical (limited time, dangerous, patient in a critical stage, etc.) and is rarely evaluated along this line. Computer-assisted systems are more often evaluated on a technical side and/or considering the clinical resulting efficacy. Very little effort has been put on evaluating the surgeon’s ability to manage this information and assistance for very extreme cases. We focus on that topic in the context of the TELEOS project. We have studied the place of haptic information during learning and execution of an orthopaedic procedure and the potential of audio feedback.
Reference: Cuisinier R, Olivier I, Troccaz J, Vuillerme N, Nougier V. Short term memory effects of an auditory biofeedback on isometric force control: Is there a differential effect as a function of transition trials? Hum Mov Sci. 2011, 30:436-445 (pdf )
Collaborations : « Santé, Plasticité, Motricité » team of the TIMC-IMAG laboratory –LIG Laboratory – Grenoble Hospital (Pr J. Tonetti, Pr P. Merloz – orthopaedics and traumatology department)
Funding : ANR Blanc 2006 Project Teleos (headed by Vanda Luengo, LIG)
Status : FINISHED
More information : jocelyne.troccaz@imag.fr or vincent.nougier@ujf-grenoble.fr