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ideomotor apraxia

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ideomotor apraxia [′id·ē·ə‚mōd·ər a′pak·sē·ə]
(medicine)
A nervous system disorder caused by lesions of the cerebral cortex in which simple single acts can be performed but not a sequence of associated acts. Also known as ideokinetic apraxia.


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Her score of 16 (out of a maximum score of 34) on the ideomotor apraxia subscale of the Boston Apraxia Test, the standard test for apraxia, indicated major impairment.
[14] Heilman KM, Schwartz HD, Geschwind N: Defective motor learning in ideomotor apraxia.
 
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