What is Apraxia?

What is 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.
• 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)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Apraxia: inability to make purposeful movements.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

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)

Apraxia: Introduction

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.
• Constructional aphasia - inability to draw or construct simple configurations
• Oculomotor aphasia - loss of eye movement control
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Broader types of Apraxia:

• Brain conditions
• Speech and communication conditions
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How serious is Apraxia?

Prognosis of 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)

What causes Apraxia?

Causes of Apraxia: see causes of Apraxia
Risk factors for Apraxia: see risk factors for Apraxia

What are the symptoms of Apraxia?

Symptoms of Apraxia: see symptoms of Apraxia

Apraxia: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Apraxia.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Apraxia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Apraxia: see treatments for Apraxia
Research for Apraxia: see research for Apraxia

Organs Affected by Apraxia:

Organs and body systems related to Apraxia include:

• Brain

Name and Aliases of Apraxia

Main name of condition: Apraxia

Liepmann syndrome, Verbal apraxia, Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia Source - Diseases Database

Apraxia: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Apraxia:

• Neurological disorders
• Aphasia
• Oculomtor apraxia
• Limb-kinetic apraxia
• Limb apraxia
• Ideational apraxia
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy

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