Apraxia

Apraxia: Introduction

Apraxia: A disorder of skilled movement not due to tremors, weakness, akinesia or abnormal tone or posture. See free access online books about Apraxia below. See detailed information below for a list of 19 causes of Apraxia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Apraxia:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Apraxia. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Stroke
• Dementia
• Brain tumour
• Brain cyst (see Brain tumor)
• Brain abscess
• Pick's disease
• Traumatic brain injury
• Brain lesion (see Brain symptoms)
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See full list of 19 causes of Apraxia

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Causes of Types of Apraxia:

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• Apraxia in children (5 causes)
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Apraxia: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Apraxia, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Apraxia and Movement symptoms (15 causes)
• Apraxia and Behavioral symptoms (12 causes)
• Apraxia and Mental problems (12 causes)
• Apraxia and Personality symptoms (12 causes)
• Apraxia and Cognitive impairment (11 causes)
• Apraxia and Seizures (10 causes)
• Apraxia and Speech symptoms (10 causes)
• Apraxia and Emotional symptoms (9 causes)
• Apraxia and Confusion (9 causes)
• Apraxia and Forgetfulness (9 causes)
• Apraxia and Memory symptoms (9 causes)
• Apraxia and Facial apraxia (8 causes)
• Apraxia and Head symptoms (8 causes)
• Apraxia and Muscle spasms (8 causes)
• Apraxia and Balance symptoms (8 causes)
• Apraxia and Clumsiness (8 causes)
• Apraxia and Aphasia (7 causes)
• Apraxia and Irritability (7 causes)
• Apraxia and Muscle symptoms (7 causes)
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See full list of 945 Symptom Checker combinations related to Apraxia

Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Movement symptoms (2615 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Apraxia

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

• Tremor (322 causes)
• Shaking (773 causes)
• Movement symptoms (2615 causes)
• Weakness (3763 causes)
• Muscle weakness (3727 causes)
• Neurological disorder (29 causes)
• Brain lesions
• Motor activity
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Diagnostic Guides for Apraxia

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Apraxia from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Apraxia. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Apraxia

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Article Excerpts about Apraxia

Apraxia is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the physical ability to perform the movements. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Apraxia Information Page: NINDS)

Apraxia is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the physical ability to perform the movements. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Apraxia Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of 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)
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Inability to make purposeful movements
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Loss of ability to perform familiar, purposeful movements in the absence of paralysis or other neural sensorimotor impairment.
- (Source - CRISP)

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 Institute of Health)

Organs affected by Apraxia:

The list of organs typically affected by Apraxia may include, but is not limited to:

• Brain
• Muscles
• Nerves

Detailed list of causes of Apraxia

The list below shows some of the causes of Apraxia mentioned in various sources:

• Adrenoleukodystrophy - apraxia
• Alzheimer disease, familial, 3, with spastic paraparesis and apraxia - Apraxia
• Apallic syndrome - apraxia
• Ataxia - apraxia - mental retardation, X-linked - apraxia
• Benson's syndrome - apraxia
• Bianchi's syndrome - apraxia
• Brain abscess
• Brain cyst
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See full list of 19 causes of Apraxia

How Common are these Causes of Apraxia?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Apraxia. Of the 19 causes of Apraxia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 18 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 19 causes of Apraxia

Conditions listing symptoms: Apraxia:

The following list of conditions have 'Apraxia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Apraxia Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Apraxia based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: