Apraxia
Apraxia: Introduction
Apraxia:
Apraxia is a
neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or
carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the ... more about Apraxia.
Apraxia: A neurological disorder where the sufferer is unable to perform familiar actions such as tying shoelaces even though they understand the action required.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Apraxia is available below.
Symptoms of Apraxia
- Poor coordination
- Inability to perform skill action
- Inability to perform purposeful action
- Discoordination between ideation and motor pattern
- Inability to assemble objects
- more symptoms...»
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Disease Topics Related To Apraxia
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Medical Textbooks Online about Apraxia
Medical Books Excerpts
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- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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Apraxia: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Apraxia
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
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because he...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis.
The...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is particularly true of mild...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children.
See...read more »
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Apraxia: Rare Types
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Prognosis for Apraxia
Prognosis for Apraxia:
The
prognosis for individuals with apraxia varies, With therapy, some patients
improve significantly, while others may show very little improvement.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Apraxia Information Page: NINDS)
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Clinical Trials for Apraxia
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and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
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Apraxia: Broader Related Topics
Types of Apraxia
Types of Apraxia
- Limb-kinetic aphasia - loss of fine movements
- Ideomotor aphasia - loss of motor control
- Ideational aphasia - loss of planning ability for movements.
- Buccofacial aphasia (facial-oral aphasia) - loss of facial movement control; most common form.
- Verbal aphasia - loss of control over speech and mouth movement.
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Types of Apraxia
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Article Excerpts about Apraxia
Apraxia is a
neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or
carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the
physical ability to perform the movements.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Apraxia Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Apraxia:
A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function. The two major subtypes of this condition are ideomotor (see APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR) and ideational apraxia, which refers to loss of the ability to mentally formulate the processes involved with performing an action. For example, dressing apraxia may result from an inability to mentally formulate the act of placing clothes on the body. Apraxias are generally associated with lesions of the dominant PARIETAL LOBE and supramarginal gyrus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp56-7)
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Inability to make purposeful movements
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Apraxia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Apraxia, or a subtype of Apraxia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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