Ideomotor apraxia in Alzheimer's disease.
Ideomotor apraxia, tested on verbal command and by imitation, was checked in 23 patients suffering from dementia of Alzheimer's type of different severity and in 17 age-matched controls. A significant deterioration of ideomotor praxis could be shown even in mild dementia. Correlations of ideomotor apraxia and aphasia, tested by the Token test were found to be significant.
Department of Neurology, Geriatric Hospital Lainz, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for Aging Research, Austria.
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Travniczek-Marterer
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Danielczyk
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Simanyi
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Fischer
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception