APRAXIA-TYPES
SUMMARY
1. Ideomotor: inability to carry out motor commands (e.g. gestures such as waving 'goodbye'). Type of motor commands: buccofacial commands (e.g. blow out a match), limb commands (e.g. show me how to salute), whole-body commands (e.g. swing a baseball bat)[1].
2. Ideational: inability to plan movement (e.g. sequence of events such as putting toothpaste on brush and brushing teeth). Usually seen in bilateral brain disease assoc. with widespread intellectual deterioration[2].
3. Constructional: inability to construct simple configurations (e.g. clock drawing test). Usually seen in non-dominant parietal lobe disease[3].
4. Verbal: inability to coordinate mouth & speech movements (e.g. asking patient to say words). Usually seen in dominant parietal lobe disease[4].
5. Limb-kinetic: inability to make fine/precise movements with a limb.
6. Oculomotor: difficulty coordinating eye movements.
7. Dressing: inability to dress oneself despite adequate motor ability[5].
8. Gait: difficulty initiating and maintaining a normal walking pattern when sensory and motor functions seem otherwise unimpaired[6].
Reference(s)
- ↑ Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
- ↑ Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
- ↑ Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
- ↑ Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
- ↑ Teasell, R., Hussein, N., Mirkowski, M., Vanderlaan, D., Saikaley, M., Longval, M. and Iruthayarajah, J., 2020. Clinical Consequences of Stroke. [online] Ebrsr.com. Available at: Ebrsr.com [Accessed 11 November 2020].
- ↑ Teasell, R., Hussein, N., Mirkowski, M., Vanderlaan, D., Saikaley, M., Longval, M. and Iruthayarajah, J., 2020. Clinical Consequences of Stroke. [online] Ebrsr.com. Available at: Ebrsr.com [Accessed 11 November 2020].
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