ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2022
Impact of haptic feedback on surgical training outcomes: A Randomised Controlled Trial of haptic versus non-haptic immersive virtual reality training.
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- Evaluating the effects of adjunct VR-haptic simulator practice in preclinical restorative training and predicting student performance using machine learning: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Are 3D-Printed Anatomic Haptic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Spine Models Better Resident Training Tools When Compared to Conventional Training Modalities: A Randomized Controlled Study.The Iowa orthopaedic journal · 2026Trial
- An immersive mixed reality surgical self-training system for precise pedicle screw placement: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Beyond the Drill: Can Digital Gadgets Redefine the Future of Dental Education?European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026Article
- The global contributions and emerging trends of extended reality-driven transformation in orthopedic surgical education: a bibliometric study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- e-Learning, Distance Education, and Virtual and Augmented Reality in Orthopedic Training: European Cross-Sectional Survey of Trainee Acceptance Guided by the Technology Acceptance Model and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Utilization of extended-reality technologies in the field of medical radiation.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Review
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- Integration of Artificial Intelligence Into Extended Reality Debriefing in Healthcare Simulation: A Narrative Review.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Review
- Evaluating haptic experience using EEG and deep learning across multiple modalities: linking stimulus and self-reports.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Palpation Characteristics of an Instrumented Virtual Cricothyroidotomy Simulator.IEEE transactions on human-machine systems · 2025Article
- The integration of haptic training into the QMUL dental curriculum.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2025Article
- A novel 3D-printed simulator for hands-on training in orthognathic surgery.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2025Article
- The use of 360-videos to bridge the gap between pre-clinical and clinical dental teaching.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Extended Reality-A Narrative Review of Current State and Best Use in Health Care Simulation.Journal of medical extended reality · 2025Review
- Neurotechnology for enhancing human operation of robotic and semi-autonomous systems.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2025Review
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the educational impact of integrated haptic feedback in an immersive VR bone drilling simulation on the performance of a cohort of junior surgeons. Design: Block randomised, controlled, double-blinded study. Setting: St Georges University Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Participants: and methods: 31 trainee doctors (postgraduate years 1-3) with limited orthopaedic experience were recruited to participate in this randomised controlled study through e-mail and poster advertising. They were allocated to haptic or non-haptic group through block randomisation prior to entering the study environment. All participants provided verbal and written consent to participate in this study. All participants were blinded to the nature of the study as well as its intervention arms. All participants completed an immersive virtual reality training module with either haptic feedback or no haptic feedback in which they had to drill 3 bicortical holes in a VR tibia bone model in preparation for screw insertion followed by an ex vivo equivalent task on a tibial sawbone model once again drilling 3 holes through both cortices of the tibia. Outcome measures were plunge gap distance, drilling time and objective structures assessment of technical skills (OSAT) as well as qualitative questionnaire outcomes. Results: Haptic feedback in the VR training module showed significantly less plunge gap distance compared to the non-haptic group (7.6 mm ± 4.3 vs 13.6 mm ± 7.4 (p = 0.012)). The haptic group also had longer drill times (17.5 s ± 4.0 vs 13.8 s ± 4.2 (p = 0.027)), higher combined OSAT cores (14 (10,17) vs 8.5 (7.75, 12), p = 0.0006) and greater number of safe drills of <5 mm plunge gap in at least 2 out of 3 attempts (6 (40) vs 0 (0), p = 0.021. Conclusions: This study demonstrates better performance for an orthopaedic surgical task when using a VR-based simulation model incorporating haptic feedback, compared to one without haptic feedback supporting the pursuit and implementation of haptics in surgical training simulation models to enhance their educational value.
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