背景：音樂教育被視為促進兒童發展的有效途徑，系列研究指出，專業樂器訓練對於本體覺 (proprioception) 之關節位置敏銳度 (joint position sense) 有正面效益。然而，本體覺另一重要面向—運動覺 (kinesthesia) 仍缺乏研究關注。考量知覺動作發展之重要性，樂器演奏訓練對於學童運動覺之影響應予釐清。方法：本研究採橫斷型實驗，招募 27 位具長期規律練習弓弦樂器三年以上經驗之典型發展學童（弓弦樂組），及無任何課外音樂教育經驗之年齡相符學童為對照。本研究以平板電腦化位置配對任務 (point-matching task)評估閉眼狀態之學童，徒手或持觸控筆點擊其腦海中目標位置的耗時與誤差，以進一步計算其動作效率、準確度、穩定性，作為運動覺指標。各指標均以二因子重複量測變異數分析 (two-way repeated measures analysis of variance) 比較兩組別在不同點擊方式之差異。結果：各指標皆無交互作用。時間計量無組間差異，而準確度指標則顯示弓弦樂組更精準地複現目標位置，且較少低估目標點之前後距離 (p ≤ .014)；穩定性指標則發現弓弦樂組的點擊位置較一致 (p ≤ .015)。點擊方式對運動覺表現亦有所影響，持觸控筆之準確度雖與徒手表現相近，但更耗時且向內偏移 (p ≤ .005)。結論：綜上所述，弓弦樂組的運動覺整體優於對照組，顯示長期弓弦樂器訓練或可助於提高學童感知自身肢體及關節運動狀態的能力。

Objective: Music education is considered the means to enhance children’s development. Several studies have shown the positive effects of instrumental training on proprioceptive joint

position sense. However, kinesthesia, another critical aspect of proprioception, has received little research attention. Given its importance on perceptual-motor development, the effects

of instrumental training on school-age children’s kinesthetic performance were investigated. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 27 typically developing children aged 9 to 13 with over three years of regular bowed-string instrument training were enrolled (bowed-string group). Twenty-seven age-matched children with no experience in music training were also recruited as the control group. The kinesthesia was assessed through a tablet-based point-matching task, where participants had to touch their perceived target point using a finger or a stylus with their eyes closed. Participants were encouraged to replicate the target position as perfect as possible. Better efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of response during the task indicated the better kinesthesia. Group differences in the kinesthesia indicators across touching modes (finger vs. stylus) were analyzed using the two-way repeated measures analysis of variance with a significance level of .05. Results: No interaction was observed among all the kinesthesia indicators. Efficiency measurements demonstrated no group differences. While accuracy measurements revealed that the bowed-string players replicated target positions more precisely and featured less undershoot in the anterior-posterior direction (p ≤ .014). Consistency measurements also showed superior positional consistency in the bowed-string group (p ≤ .015). Additionally, the touching modes also influenced kinesthetic performance (p ≤ .005). Specifically, while the stylus-touching yielded accuracy comparable to finger- touching, it led to longer movement time with inward deviation, implying the perceptual load of tool-use. Conclusion: Through the tablet-based point-matching task, this study revealed the generally better kinesthesia in school-aged bow-string players. It might suggest that long-term instrumental training benefits the perceptual-motor function in school-aged children.