ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study aimed to clarify how children with congenital limb deficiencies visually attend to their bodies, particularly their limbs and prostheses.

Methods: Participants included children with and without congenital limb deficiencies. They were shown photographs of themselves and their visual attention was measured using an eye tracker.

Results: Six children with lower limb deficiencies (age [mean ± SD]: 8.8 ± 2.9; 2 girls and 4 boys), six children with upper limb deficiencies (age: 7.0 ± 2.3; 2 girls and 4 boys), and ten control children (age: 7.7 ± 1.9; 5 girls and 5 boys) were included. Children with congenital upper/lower limb deficiencies looked at their upper/lower limbs as often or more than the control children. Prompts to direct their visual attention to their limbs had limited efficacy.

Conclusions: To improve the body knowledge of limbs, approaches other than visual recognition prompting, such as improving linguistic understanding, might be considered.

摘要

目的：本研究旨在阐明先天性肢体缺陷儿童如何在视觉上关注他们的身体，尤其是他们的四肢和假肢。

方法：参与者包括有和没有先天性肢体缺陷的儿童。他们向他们展示了自己的照片，并使用眼动仪测量了他们的视觉注意力。

结果：6名下肢缺陷儿童（年龄[平均值±标准差]：8.8±2.9；2女4男），6名上肢缺陷儿童（年龄：7.0±2.3；2女4男），10名对照包括儿童（年龄：7.7 ± 1.9；5 个女孩和 5 个男孩）。先天性上肢/下肢缺陷儿童与对照儿童一样或更多地注视他们的上肢/下肢。将他们的视觉注意力集中在四肢上的提示效果有限。

结论：为了提高四肢的身体知识，可以考虑视觉识别提示以外的方法，例如提高语言理解。