Apraxia
Apraxia is the inability to carry out learned voluntary movements (assuming everything works and they are not paralysed).
The main types of apraxia are as follows:-
The main types of apraxia are as follows:-
- Limb kinetic apraxia - an inability to make fine/ delicate movements
- Ideomotor apraxia - an inability to follow out learned tasks when given the necessary objects e.g. if given a hairbrush they try to write with it
- Constructional apraxia - an inability to copy a picture or combine parts of something to form a whole
- Ideational apraxia - an inability to follow a sequence of actions in the correct order e.g. Take a match out a box and strike it with your left hand
- Oculomotor - an inability to control eye movements
