Apraxia, Ideomotor - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Association of ideomotor apraxia with frontal gray matter volume loss in corticobasal syndrome.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the brain areas associated with specific components of ideomotor apraxia (IMA) in corticobasal syndrome (CBS). DESIGN: Case-control and cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-eight patients with CBS and 14 control ... Read more...

Poor dopaminergic response of impaired dexterity in Parkinson's disease: Bradykinesia or limb kinetic apraxia?

13 Sep 2008 Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) often show impaired manual dexterity even when being only minimally bradykinetic, suggesting that they may have limb kinetic apraxia (LKA), that is, a loss of fine motor skill not explained by elemental motor ... Read more...

Effects of ideomotor apraxia on functional outcomes in patients with right hemiplegia.

30 May 2008 The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ideomotor apraxia on activities of daily living and to determine if the presence of apraxia interferes with rehabilitation. This study was conducted on 47 patients with right hemiplegia. All the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Apraxia, Ideomotor - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Association of ideomotor apraxia with frontal gray matter volume loss in corticobasal syndrome. 29 Sep 2009
• Poor dopaminergic response of impaired dexterity in Parkinson's disease: Bradykinesia or limb kinetic apraxia? 13 Sep 2008
• Effects of ideomotor apraxia on functional outcomes in patients with right hemiplegia. 30 May 2008
• Ideomotor limb apraxia in Huntington's disease: a case-control study. 2 Mar 2008
• Progressive asymmetric apraxic agraphia. 28 Feb 2008
• Interactions between perception and action programming: evidence from visual extinction and optic ataxia. 29 Sep 2007
• Dyspraxia in autism: association with motor, social, and communicative deficits. 29 Sep 2007
• Limb-kinetic apraxia in Parkinson disease. 19 Aug 2007
• The mirror world of motor inhibition: the alien hand syndrome in chronic stroke. 17 Jun 2007
• Is decreased dexterity in Parkinson disease due to apraxia? 3 Jun 2007
• Retrieval by a patient with apraxia of sensorimotor information from visually presented objects. 30 May 2007
• Ideomotor apraxia: a review. 14 May 2007
• 'Directional apraxia': a unitary account of mirror writing following brain injury or as found in normal young children. 27 Feb 2007
• Clinical, imaging and electrophysiological studies of corticobasal degeneration. 27 Feb 2007
• Limb-kinetic apraxia in Parkinson disease. 4 Dec 2006
• Exploring the functional and anatomical bases of mirror-image and anatomical imitation: the role of the frontal lobes. 7 Oct 2006
• Posture recognition in Alzheimer's disease. 3 Oct 2006
• Evaluation of ideomotor apraxia in patients with stroke: a study of reliability and validity. 27 Feb 2006
• [84 year old pensioner with progredient sensomotoric deficits] 27 Feb 2006
• [Limb apraxia.] 13 Jan 2006

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Technical information about 'Apraxia, Ideomotor'

Definition: A form of APRAXIA characterized by an acquired inability to carry out a complex motor activity despite the ability to mentally formulate the action. This condition has been attributed to a disruption of connections between the dominant parietal cortex and supplementary and premotor cortical regions in both hemispheres. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p57)

Descriptor UI: D020240

Alternative terms: Apraxia, Ideomotor; Apraxias, Ideomotor; Ideomotor Apraxias; Ideomotor Apraxia; Classic Apraxia; Apraxia, Classic; Apraxias, Classic; Classic Apraxias; Apraxia, Limb Kinetic; Apraxias, Limb Kinetic; Kinetic Apraxia, Limb; Kinetic Apraxias, Limb; Limb Kinetic Apraxia; Limb Kinetic Apraxias; Apraxia, Transcortical; Apraxias, Transcortical; Transcortical Apraxia; Transcortical Apraxias; Dyspraxia, Ideomotor; Dyspraxias, Ideomotor; Ideomotor Dyspraxia; Ideomotor Dyspraxias; Apraxia, Ideokinetic; Apraxias, Ideokinetic; Ideokinetic Apraxia; Ideokinetic Apraxias;

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Tree Number: C10.597.606.881.350.200; C23.888.592.604.882.350.200; F01.700.875.350.200;

History Note: 2000