Standardization of gesture apraxia assessment in the elderly population of Olinda city in Northeast Brazil [PDF]
Dementia & Neuropsychologia. Apraxia is the inability to voluntarily perform learned gestures, even though sensory and motor functions are preserved. Objective: To standardize apraxia gestures and pantomimes in the elderly population. Methods: A brief clinical and family history,
Paulo Roberto de Brito-Marques +1 more
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The Paper-Toss Test: enhancing bedside recognition of corticobasal syndrome [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyIntroductionThe diagnosis of corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is challenging due to its clinical overlap with other neurodegenerative disorders. Ideomotor apraxia is a core feature of CBS and often presents asymmetrically, but is often under-recognized in the
Gero Lueg +7 more
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Voxel-Based Lesion Analysis of Ideomotor Apraxia [PDF]
Brain SciencesIdeomotor apraxia is a cognitive disorder most often resulting from acquired brain lesions (i.e., strokes or tumors). Neuroimaging and lesion studies have implicated several brain regions in praxis and apraxia, but most studies have described (sub)acute ...
Giovanna Oliveira Santos +6 more
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Effects of Virtual Rehabilitation Training on Post-Stroke Executive and Praxis Skills and Depression Symptoms: A Quasi-Randomised Clinical Trial [PDF]
DiagnosticsIntroduction: Apraxia is a neurological disorder that is common after a stroke and impairs the planning and execution of movements. In the rehabilitation field, virtual reality (VR) presents new opportunities and offers advantages to both rehabilitation ...
Rosaria De Luca +14 more
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Hemispheric disconnection as a basis for neurodegeneration in apraxia and Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]
Discover Mental HealthIntroduction Apraxias, traditionally viewed as executive disorders secondary to focal lesions, are here reformulated as systemic outcomes of progressive interhemispheric disconnection—particularly relevant in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease ...
Marco Sanna
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Expressive amusia and aphasia: the story of Maurice Ravel [PDF]
Dementia & NeuropsychologiaThe French composer, Maurice Ravel, at the peak of his career, showed signs of a progressive disorder that affected his ability to function with verbal and musical language, as noted by the neurologist Théophile Alajouanine.
Sultan Darvesh +3 more
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Apraxias in neurodegenerative dementias
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2015 Background: Apraxia is a state of inability to carry out a learned motor act in the absence of motor, sensory or cerebellar defect on command processed through the Praxis circuit.
Sadanandavalli Retnaswami Chandra +2 more
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An autopsy-proven case of Corticobasal degeneration heralded by Pontine infarction
BMC Neurology, 2021 Background Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by insidious progression with poorly-delineated long latent period. Antecedent clinical insult could rarely unmask latent neurodegenerative disorders.
Dallah Yoo +3 more
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Limb apraxia and the 'affordance competition hypothesis'
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 Limb apraxia, a disorder of higher order motor control, has long been a challenge for clinical assessment and understanding (Leiguarda and Marsden 2000).The deficits originally described in limb apraxia (Liepmann 1908) have been classified by the nature ...
Elisabeth eRounis, Glyn eHumphreys
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Ideational and Ideomotor Apraxia: A Qualitative Analysis
Behavioural Neurology, 1992 This paper reviews research into both ideational and ideomotor apraxia focusing on the qualitative aspects of limb apraxia. The criteria based on a distinction between different type of movements which have been used to distinguish between ideational (IA)
M. J. Mozaz
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