Limb Apraxia

Author(s):  
Amber L. Hollingsworth ◽  
Ann Marie Cimino-Knight ◽  
Leslie J. Gonzalez-Rothi
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Author(s):  
Anastasia M. Raymer ◽  
Beth McHose ◽  
Kimberly Graham

Purpose: Luria (1970) proposed the use of intersystemic reorganization to use an intact system to facilitate improvements in a damaged cognitive system. In this article, we review literature examining the effects of gesture as a modality to promote reorganization to improve verbal production in apraxia of speech and anomia. Methods: A gestural facilitation training paradigm is described and results of a recent systematic review of apraxia of speech treatment are reviewed. The interplay between apraxia of speech and anomia are considered in response to gestural facilitation training. Results & Conclusions: Gestural facilitation effects are strongest in individuals with moderate apraxia of speech. Several factors appear to mitigate the effects of gestural facilitation for verbal production, including severe apraxia of speech and semantic anomia. Severe limb apraxia, which often accompanies severe apraxia of speech, appears to be amenable to gestural treatment, providing improvements in gesture use for communication when verbal production gains are not evident.


2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 207-217
Author(s):  
Kathi Maren Harscher ◽  
Celina Hirth-Walther ◽  
Ilka Buchmann ◽  
Christian Dettmers ◽  
Jennifer Randerath

Zusammenfassung. Gliedmaßenapraxie ist eine Störung der motorischen Kognition, die besonders häufig nach linkshemisphärischem Schlaganfall auftritt. Diese Störung ist bei Patienten mit Multipler Sklerose (MS) noch wenig untersucht. Bisherige MS-Studien indizieren, dass die Leistung in den klassischen Pantomime- und Imitationstests beeinträchtigt sein kann. Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte die Gliedmaßenapraxie bei 26 MS-Patienten und 24 Gesunden mit dem Diagnostic Instrument for Limb Apraxia – Short Version (DILA-S), das zusätzlich zu den klassischen Imitations- und Pantomimetests auch den tatsächlichen Werkzeuggebrauch untersucht. Bei 27 % der MS-Patienten wurden apraktische Symptome in jeweils einzelnen Untertests diagnostiziert. Die Symptomausprägung war jedoch gering, sodass Gruppenvergleiche keine signifikanten Unterschiede zeigten. Insgesamt legen die Studienergebnisse nahe, dass Gliedmaßenapraxie bei MS-Patienten auftreten kann, aber vermutlich selten zu einem klinisch relevanten Symptom wird.


2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 950-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Ietswaart ◽  
David P Carey ◽  
Sergio Della Sala ◽  
Roelf S Dijkhuizen
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2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Borroni ◽  
Valentina Garibotto ◽  
Chiara Agosti ◽  
Simona Maria Brambati ◽  
Giuseppe Bellelli ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
pp. 767-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Zazo Ortiz ◽  
Joana Mantovani-Nagaoka

ABSTRACT 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. This study involved 44 healthy volunteers and 28 aphasic patients matched for age and education. AH participants were assessed using a limb apraxia battery comprising subtests evaluating lexical-semantic aspects related to the comprehension/production of gestures as well as motor movements. Aphasics had worse performances on many tasks related to conceptual components of gestures. The difficulty found on the imitation of dynamic gesture tasks also indicated that there were specific motor difficulties in gesture planning. These results reinforce the importance of conducting limb apraxia assessment in aphasic patients and also highlight pantomime difficulties as a good predictor for semantic disturbances.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1602-1623
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Heilman
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