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Limb apraxia

MedGen UID:
868182
•Concept ID:
C4022574
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0030217

Definition

Difficulty in performing the correct execution of limbs movements in absence of motor impairment. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLimb apraxia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and treatment of upper limb apraxia.
Dovern A, Fink GR, Weiss PH
J Neurol 2012 Jul;259(7):1269-83. Epub 2012 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6336-y. PMID: 22215235Free PMC Article
Treatment of limb apraxia: moving forward to improved action.
Buxbaum LJ, Haaland KY, Hallett M, Wheaton L, Heilman KM, Rodriguez A, Gonzalez Rothi LJ
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2008 Feb;87(2):149-61. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31815e6727. PMID: 18209511
Progressive supranuclear palsy: neuropathologically based diagnostic clinical criteria.
Collins SJ, Ahlskog JE, Parisi JE, Maraganore DM
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995 Feb;58(2):167-73. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.58.2.167. PMID: 7876846Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Limb Apraxias: The Influence of Higher Order Perceptual and Semantic Deficits in Motor Recovery After Stroke.
Rounis E, Binkofski F
Stroke 2023 Jan;54(1):30-43. Epub 2022 Dec 21 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.037948. PMID: 36542070
Effects of limb apraxia intervention in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Ji EK, Kwon JS
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2023 Feb;32(2):106921. Epub 2022 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106921. PMID: 36512886
Clinical Screening for Posterior Cortical Atrophy.
Mendez MF, Khattab YI, Yerstein O
Cogn Behav Neurol 2022 Jun 1;35(2):104-109. doi: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000297. PMID: 35639011
Short apraxia screening test.
Leiguarda R, Clarens F, Amengual A, Drucaroff L, Hallett M
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2014;36(8):867-74. Epub 2014 Oct 31 doi: 10.1080/13803395.2014.951315. PMID: 25360559
Assessing limb apraxia in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
McKenna C, Thakur U, Marcus B, Barrett AM
Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2013 Jan 1;5(2):732-42. doi: 10.2741/s403. PMID: 23277082Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Upper Limb Apraxia.
Heilman KM
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Dec 1;27(6):1602-1623. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001014. PMID: 34881728
The challenge of apraxia: Toward an operational definition?
Baumard J, Le Gall D
Cortex 2021 Aug;141:66-80. Epub 2021 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.04.001. PMID: 34033988
Apraxia: another view.
Miller N
Pract Neurol 2017 Dec;17(6):426-428. Epub 2017 Jun 16 doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001526. PMID: 28626022
Definition: Limb apraxia.
Osiurak F, Rossetti Y
Cortex 2017 Aug;93:228. Epub 2017 Mar 29 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.03.010. PMID: 28410626
Apraxia.
McClain M, Foundas A
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2004 Nov;4(6):471-6. doi: 10.1007/s11910-004-0071-z. PMID: 15509449

Therapy

Effects of limb apraxia intervention in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Ji EK, Kwon JS
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2023 Feb;32(2):106921. Epub 2022 Dec 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106921. PMID: 36512886
Limb Apraxia: a Disorder of Learned Skilled Movement.
Foundas AL, Duncan ES
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2019 Nov 12;19(10):82. doi: 10.1007/s11910-019-0989-9. PMID: 31713690
Diagnosis and treatment of upper limb apraxia.
Dovern A, Fink GR, Weiss PH
J Neurol 2012 Jul;259(7):1269-83. Epub 2012 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6336-y. PMID: 22215235Free PMC Article
Symmetric corticobasal degeneration (S-CBD).
Hassan A, Whitwell JL, Boeve BF, Jack CR Jr, Parisi JE, Dickson DW, Josephs KA
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2010 Mar;16(3):208-14. Epub 2009 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.11.013. PMID: 20018548Free PMC Article
Conceptualizing functional cognition in stroke.
Donovan NJ, Kendall DL, Heaton SC, Kwon S, Velozo CA, Duncan PW
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):122-35. Epub 2007 Aug 30 doi: 10.1177/1545968307306239. PMID: 17761809

Prognosis

Changing perspectives on frontotemporal dementia: A review.
Snowden JS
J Neuropsychol 2023 Jun;17(2):211-234. Epub 2022 Oct 31 doi: 10.1111/jnp.12297. PMID: 36315040
Limb Apraxia: a Disorder of Learned Skilled Movement.
Foundas AL, Duncan ES
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2019 Nov 12;19(10):82. doi: 10.1007/s11910-019-0989-9. PMID: 31713690
SPECT Molecular Imaging in Atypical Parkinsonism.
Brumberg J, Isaias IU
Int Rev Neurobiol 2018;142:37-65. Epub 2018 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2018.08.006. PMID: 30409259
Limb apraxia and the left parietal lobe.
Buxbaum LJ, Randerath J
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;151:349-363. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00017-6. PMID: 29519468Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and treatment of upper limb apraxia.
Dovern A, Fink GR, Weiss PH
J Neurol 2012 Jul;259(7):1269-83. Epub 2012 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6336-y. PMID: 22215235Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Changing perspectives on frontotemporal dementia: A review.
Snowden JS
J Neuropsychol 2023 Jun;17(2):211-234. Epub 2022 Oct 31 doi: 10.1111/jnp.12297. PMID: 36315040
The challenge of apraxia: Toward an operational definition?
Baumard J, Le Gall D
Cortex 2021 Aug;141:66-80. Epub 2021 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.04.001. PMID: 34033988
Limb Apraxia: a Disorder of Learned Skilled Movement.
Foundas AL, Duncan ES
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2019 Nov 12;19(10):82. doi: 10.1007/s11910-019-0989-9. PMID: 31713690
Limb apraxia and the left parietal lobe.
Buxbaum LJ, Randerath J
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;151:349-363. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00017-6. PMID: 29519468Free PMC Article
A Cognitive Overview of Limb Apraxia.
Bartolo A, Ham HS
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2016 Aug;16(8):75. doi: 10.1007/s11910-016-0675-0. PMID: 27349561

Recent systematic reviews

Rehabilitation of limb apraxia in patients following stroke: A systematic review.
Alashram AR, Annino G, Aldajah S, Raju M, Padua E
Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2022 Nov-Dec;29(6):1658-1668. Epub 2021 Apr 14 doi: 10.1080/23279095.2021.1900188. PMID: 33851895
Non-invasive brain stimulation in limb praxis and apraxia: A scoping review in healthy subjects and patients with stroke.
Pastore-Wapp M, Nyffeler T, Nef T, Bohlhalter S, Vanbellingen T
Cortex 2021 May;138:152-164. Epub 2021 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.006. PMID: 33691224
Limb and face apraxias in frontotemporal dementia: A systematic scoping review.
Yliranta A, Jehkonen M
Cortex 2020 Aug;129:529-547. Epub 2020 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.03.023. PMID: 32418629

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