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Gestural apraxia was first described in 1905 by Hugo Karl Liepmann. While his description is still used, the actual terms are often confusing. The cognitive approach using models proposes thinking of the condition in terms of production and conceptual knowledge. The underlying cognitive processes are still being debated, as are also the optimal ways to
Etcharry-Bouyx, Frédérique +3 more
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Serhat Ozkan,1 Demet Ozbabalik Adapinar,1 Nese Tuncer Elmaci,2 Didem Arslantas31Department of Neurology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty, Eskisehir, Turkey; 2Department of Neurology, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey ...
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Tool use and related errors in ideational apraxia: The quantitative simulation of patient error profiles [PDF]
The behaviour of ideational apraxic patients on simple tasks involving multiple objects is typically marked by a variety of errors. While some of these errors concern the sequential organisation of action through time, many relate to the misuse of, or ...
Cooper, Richard P.
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Apraxia of lid opening is a condition where patients do not have ptosis but have difficulty in overcoming levator palpebrae inhibition. We report a patient who presented with difficulty in opening eyelids with out diurnal variation, ptosis or ...
Jebasingh Y +5 more
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The term apraxia refers to higher level disorders of motor control. Apraxia differs from other motor symptoms of unilateral brain damage by the bilaterality of symptoms following unilateral lesions.
Goldenberg, G
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Deconstructing Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia: Toward a Gene-Based Classification and a Reappraisal of the Oculomotor Phenotype. [PDF]
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
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Limb apraxia in aphasic patients
Limb apraxia is usually associated with left cerebral hemisphere damage, with numerous case studies involving aphasic patients. The aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of limb apraxia in aphasic patients and analyze its nature.
Karin Zazo Ortiz +1 more
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Does More Speech Therapy Lead to Better Results in Childhood Apraxia of Speech? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Available Evidence. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number and quality of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) treatment research published. Much of this research has focussed on establishing treatment efficacy and identifying treatment components.
McCabe P +4 more
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As early as the beginning of the nineteenth century, a variety of nonmotor cognitive and affective impairments associated with cerebellar pathology were occasionally documented. A causal link between cerebellar disease and nonmotor cognitive and affective disorders has, however, been dismissed for almost two centuries.
Marien, Peter +2 more
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Impaired Communication Between the Dorsal and Ventral Stream: Indications from Apraxia [PDF]
Patients with apraxia perform poorly when demonstrating how an object is used, particularly when pantomiming the action. However, these patients are able to accurately identify, and to pick up and move objects, demonstrating intact ventral and dorsal ...
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