Table 6 Original and adapted items and its affiliation to hypothetical embodiment dimensions.

From: Perceptual correlates of successful body–prosthesis interaction in lower limb amputees: psychometric characterisation and development of the Prosthesis Embodiment Scale

(Hypothetical) embodiment dimensions

Item #

Longo et al.18

Present study

Adapted items’ abbreviation

Ownership

 

During the block…

□ I have put on my prosthesis

Please look at your prosthesis for about 60 s

□ I have looked at my prosthesis for about 60 s and I am ready to continue

 

1

… it seemed like the rubber hand was my hand

The prosthesis is my leg

Ownership

2

… it seemed like the rubber hand belonged to me

The prosthesis belongs to me

Belongingness

3

… it seemed like the rubber hand was part of my body

The prosthesis is a part of my body

Affiliation

4

… it seemed like the rubber hand began to resemble my real hand

The prosthesis resembles my intact leg in terms of skin tone, freckles or other visual features

Resemblance

5

… it seemed like I was looking directly at my own hand, rather than at a rubber hand

I feel as if I was looking directly at my own leg, rather than at a prosthesis

Self-observation

6

It feels as if I had two legs

Integrity

7

My body feels complete

Completeness

Location

8

… it seemed like the rubber hand was in the location where my hand was

The prosthesis is in the location where I would expect my leg to be, if it was not amputated

Location

9

… it seemed like my hand was in the location where the rubber hand was

The posture of the prosthesis corresponds to that of a real leg

Posture

  

Please look at your prosthesis and touch it for about 10 s

□ I touched my prosthesis for about 10 s and I am ready to continue

 

10

… it seemed like the touch I felt was caused by the paintbrush touching the rubber hand

I feel a touch sensation in the prosthesis

Touch

Agency

  

Please stand up and walk around the room for about 30 s

□ I have walked around the room for about 30 s and I am ready to continue

 

11

… it seemed like I could have moved the rubber hand if I had wanted

The prosthesis is moving the way I want it to move

Volition

12

… it seemed like I was in control of the rubber hand

I am in control of the prosthesis

Controllability

13

The movement of the prosthesis feels like an actual movement

Vividness