ReviewJournal of medical systems2016
A Review of Simulators with Haptic Devices for Medical Training.
Review in Journal of medical systems, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Integration of Virtual and Augmented Reality Into Obstetric Nursing and Midwifery Education: Systematic Review.JMIR nursing · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Orthopedic Simulators for Psycho-Motor Skill and Surgical Procedure Training.Journal of medical systems · 2018Pooled it
- Advancing medical training with augmented reality and haptic feedback simulator: outcomes of a randomized controlled trial on lumbar puncture.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Effect of preclinical training in periodontal instrumentation on undergraduate students' anxiety, clinical performance, satisfaction.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- A Novel Haptic Cardiac Simulator: Mixed Methods Pilot Evaluation in Medical Students and Educators.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Shaping the Future of Dentistry: How Digital VR-Haptic Thinkers Are Revolutionizing Education by Thinking Big for Better Future in Oral Care.European journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Developing clinical skills assessment modules for traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine in Korea: a participatory action research study.Journal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2026Article
- Development of a multi-skill, haptic-supported virtual reality simulation for first-year nursing students: a pilot study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Transforming Surgical Training With AI Techniques for Training, Assessment, and Evaluation: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Implementation of Virtual Reality in Preclinical Pediatric Dentistry Learning: A Comparison Between SimodontDentistry journal · 2025Article
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- Clinical observation using virtual reality for dental education on surgical tooth extraction: A comparative study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Enhancing Buoyant force learning through a visuo-haptic environment: a case study.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
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- Behavior analysis and formative assessments in online oral medicine education during the COVID-19 pandemic.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Perceived realism of haptic rendering methods for bimanual high force tasks: original and replication study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Haptic and Force Feedback Technology in Dental Education: A Bibliometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Enhancing skill learning with dual-user haptic feedback: insights from a task-specific approach.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
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- Photo-responsive liquid crystal network-based material with adaptive modulus for haptic application.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Medical procedures often involve the use of the tactile sense to manipulate organs or tissues by using special tools. Doctors require extensive preparation in order to perform them successfully; for example, research shows that a minimum of 750 operations are needed to acquire sufficient experience to perform medical procedures correctly. Haptic devices have become an important training alternative and they have been considered to improve medical training because they let users interact with virtual environments by adding the sense of touch to the simulation. Previous articles in the field state that haptic devices enhance the learning of surgeons compared to current training environments used in medical schools (corpses, animals, or synthetic skin and organs). Consequently, virtual environments use haptic devices to improve realism. The goal of this paper is to provide a state of the art review of recent medical simulators that use haptic devices. In particular we focus on stitching, palpation, dental procedures, endoscopy, laparoscopy, and orthopaedics. These simulators are reviewed and compared from the viewpoint of used technology, the number of degrees of freedom, degrees of force feedback, perceived realism, immersion, and feedback provided to the user. In the conclusion, several observations per area and suggestions for future work are provided.
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