Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Limb apraxia is a group of higher order
motor disorders associated with greater disability and dependence after stroke. Original …

Limb apraxia is a motor disorder frequently observed following a stroke. Apraxic deficits are
classically assessed with four tasks: tool use, pantomime of tool use, imitation, and gesture …

Lesion mapping is a popular method in neuropsychology in which the location of brain
lesions in an individual or group of patients is used to infer brainebehaviour relationships …

The left hemisphere tool-use network consists of the dorso-dorsal, ventro-dorsal, and ventral
streams, each with distinct computational abilities. In the dual-loop model, the ventral …

The ability to select between potential actions is central to the complex process of tool use.
After left hemisphere stroke, individuals with limb apraxia make more hand action errors …

Background Previous studies on left hemisphere (LH) stroke patients reported effector-
specific (hand, fingers, bucco-facial) differences in imitation performance. Furthermore …

The term “apraxia” derives from the Greek word meaning “without action”. It was coined by
German philologist and philosopher Heymann Steinthal in 1871 to describe the difficulty …

Persons with severe non-fluent aphasia would benefit from using gestures to substitute for
their absent powers of speech. The use of gestures, however, is challenging for persons with …

• Bei der Sprechapraxie (c D 1) können einzelne Bewegungen des Sprechapparates mit
normaler Kraft und Geschwindigkeit durchgeführt, aber nicht zum flüssigen Ablauf des …

Limb apraxia is an acquired higher-order motor disorder affecting skilful actions, often
observed following a stroke. It is assessed on tasks involving gesture production …