Apraxia
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Apraxia. There is impairment of the voluntary performance of skilled movements. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Definition
- There is impairment of the voluntary performance of skilled movements
- The impairment is not caused by specific motor weakness
- They can be superimposed on other movement disorders
- There is usually impaired tool-use pantomime or communicative gestures
Exclusion features
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Major apraxias
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Other apraxias
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Causes
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Clinical features
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Single gestures used for testing apraxia
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Multi-step gestures used for testing apraxia
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References
- Zadikoff C, Lang AE. Apraxia in movement disorders. Brain 2005; 128:1480-1497.
- Petreska B, Adriani M, Blanke O, Billard AG. Apraxia: a review. Prog Brain Res 2007; 164:61-83.
- Leiguarda R, Lees AJ, Merello M, Starkstein S, Marsden CD. The nature of apraxia in corticobasal degeneration. JNNP 1994; 57:455-459.
- Wheaton LA, Hallett M. Ideomotor apraxia: a review. J Neurol Sci 2007; 260:1-10.
- Lepore FE, Duvoisin RC. "Apraxia" of eyelid opening: an involuntary levator inhibition. Neurology 1985; 35:423-427.
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