First of all: Welcome to ArthroTrainer!

This will be your first exercise in this course so there are certain things that you have to be clear about:

- Each exercise represents an increase in the difficulty of the previous exercise. Whether due to the position of the camera or the movements to be performed, all of them have a higher degree of difficulty than the previous one.

- You must be patient, and repeat the exercises as many times as necessary. ArthroTrainer is a scenario designed to acquire TECHNIQUE in arthroscopy, which often involves repeating, repeating and repeating. Do not be sad. Patience. If at any point you get stuck, don't worry: stop. More tomorrow. Don't be in a hurry to finish the course, especially the first 6 exercises (which constitute the first block). If at any point you get stuck, don't worry: ask us, we're here for that. We assure you that by doing this, you will achieve it.

- Exercise times will often seem tight. It's normal, if they weren't, it wouldn't be a challenge for you. Any of the exercises, with infinite time, could be done by anyone. Therefore, the complexity of each exercise is defined by the movements and the time you have to complete them.

- Do not try to do the exercise in the time we propose the first time. In each exercise you have to notice that you do it with ease, that is, that you control the camera, the tweezers... that you control the situation. You will realize that, when you feel comfortable, the time proposed for each exercise is more than enough. If you do the exercise and you don't grab the ring the first time, or you have to blindfold yourself... you won't make time, but that's precisely what makes you move forward with each step.

- This is a different course, entertaining and hard, in equal parts. Take it as a game, and enjoy the journey of learning the arthroscopic technique. The gestures that you will "automate" during this course will accompany you throughout your life, so you must try to automate them well, otherwise, throughout your life you will have wrong automatisms that will make arthroscopy "not natural to you."

That being said, here is your first challenge:

- Pass 3 rings from one basket to the other in less than 25 seconds.

- You will have to do this using the clamp on your dominant hand (1A) and with your non-dominant hand (1B)

- You can see an example of an exercise and try to replicate it: it is the objective.

- The approximate number of repetitions for this exercise is 20.41 (SD 30.09 95% CI 4.93 – 35.88)

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