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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Nov 17;71(2):327. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.08.029

TABLE 1.

Colonoscopy force monitor calculated parameter to characterize examination

Parameter no. Parameter name, units Comments
1 Maximum push force, N Averaged for 5 readings
2 Maximum pull force, N Averaged for 5 readings
3 Maximum torque clockwise, N·m Averaged for 5 readings
4 Maximum torque counterclockwise, N·m Averaged for 5 readings
5 Mean push/pull force rate (average force rate), N/s Data with force time derivative >0
6 Mean torque rate (average torque rate), N·m/s Data with torque time derivative >0
7 Examination time, s Net colonoscope insertion tube manipulation time