%0 Journal Article
%T Temporal differences in eye每hand coordination between children and adults during manual action on objects
%A Cho Hee Lee
%A Eun Young Kim
%A Hye Jin Kim
%J Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy
%@ 1876-4398
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1569186118819892
%X Eye每hand coordination, which is essential for activities of daily living, develops with age. The objective of this study was to investigate the temporal patterns of visual fixation coupled with hands during manual action on objects in children and young adults. Twelve eight-year-old children and 12 young adults performed the Jebsen每Taylor Hand Function Test (JTT) wearing eye-tracking glasses. The interval from the eye arrival time to the hand arrival time on an object was measured as eye每hand arrival span. The interval between the eye departure time and the hand departure time from the object was measured as eye每hand departure span. Eye每hand arrival span, eye每hand departure span and the performance time to complete the JTT were compared between children and young adults. Correlation between eye每hand arrival span and eye每hand departure span was analysed to identify the mechanism of eye每hand coordination. Compared with young adults, children showed longer performance time but shorter eye每hand arrival span and eye每hand departure span in the JTT. The difference in mean eye每hand arrival span of overall JTT between children and young adults was significant for both hands, whereas differences in the mean eye每hand departure span on the overall JTT and the total performance time were significant for the non-dominant hand. The eye每hand arrival span was positively correlated with the eye每hand departure span. This study demonstrated temporal differences in eye每hand coordination between children and young adults. Temporal patterns of visual fixation coupled to object manipulation could be useful information about the sensorimotor system in the field of occupational therapy
%K Eye每hand coordination
%K eye tracking
%K Jebsen每Taylor Hand Function Test
%K occupational therapy
%K activities of daily living
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1569186118819892