Visual attention to their own paralytic limbs in children with spina bifida: Measurement of gaze direction using eye tracking.

Background: Patients with spina bifida experience sensory and motor paralysis and complications in the form of deformation and skin problems of the lower limbs. Enhancing their awareness of the paralysed lesions could be helpful for these patients to prevent secondary disorders. This study sought to investigate to what extent children with spina bifida are visually aware of their body parts and, in particular, to their paralysed lesions.

Body knowledge in children with spina bifida.

Background: Patients with spina bifida suffer from motor paralysis and sensory disturbance, secondary deformation of the lower extremities, and development of decubitus ulcers. A deep understanding of one's body, such as identifying the names, functions, relationships, homology (e.g.