Week 3 Apraxia

Question 1

Definition of apraxia. what type of disorder is it

Answer 1

inability to perform voluntary purposeful movements even though the sensory, motor and cerebellar systems are without deficit .

Motor programming disorder

Question 2

often, apraxia is caused by damage to the….

Answer 2

posterior parietal cortex

Question 3

TF: they can understand the task, they cannot perform it

Answer 3

true

Question 4

what is ideomotor apraxia

Answer 4

the inability to produce gestures or perform a purposeful motor task on command. They understand the concept of the test, they cannot transmit the plan of action and concert it to a motor movement in the frontal lobe

Question 5

ideomotor apraxia is often because of a decrease blood flow to

Answer 5

dominant hemisphere

Question 6

give an example of ideomotor apraxia

Answer 6

if you ask the patient to blow bubbles, they cannot. if you leave bubbles on the table and tell them nothing, they will blow bubbles.

Question 7

what is ideational apraxia

Answer 7

unable to formulate a plan of action. They cannot sequence or create the motor patterns they need to do the task. they cannot describe the task or items used to compete the task.

Question 8

ideational apraxia comes from damage to the…

Answer 8

dominant parietal lobe

Question 9

clinical example of ideational apraxia

Answer 9

they cannot describe it or do it. brush teeth, may put tube in mouth or use brush the wrong way.

Question 10

what does the evaluation of an ideomotor and ideational apraxia look like

Answer 10

ideomotor: will not be able to do an activity to command, but can do it automatically at another time
Ideational: cannot do the task at all, even though they have the motor capacity to do it.

Question 11

guidelines for evaluation

Answer 11

• detailed sensory assessment
• evaluate visual agnosia
• evaluate both UE and LE
• are they bothered by the errors they have made, or can they recognize errors they made?

Question 12

what is a dynamic assessment for apraxia

Answer 12

task ranges from simple to complex, peel a banana to butter the bread and cut it, to pour soda and drink it with straw… make it harder.

Question 13

what is the multi-level action test

Answer 13

3 tasks, making a slice of toast with butter and jam
wrapping a present
packing a lunchbox

Question 14

how do we manage apraxia

Answer 14

little verbal commands, make tasks automatic, guide them, have them visualize the task, repetition, simple tasks, familiar and typical surroundings.

Question 15

how can we use cue cards

Answer 15

tape them to objects, and state what the object is and how it is used.

Question 16

what is constructional apraxia

Answer 16

impairment in production two or three dimensional designs, whether copying drawing or constructing. they can’t understand the relationship of the parts of a task or object to the whole

Question 17

in what area of the brain is there a lesion with constructional apraxia

Answer 17

right cerebral hemisphere

Question 18

people who did poorly on block design tests and object assembly tests did not acquire…

Answer 18

dressing and grooming skills

Question 19

what is the management of constructional apraxia

Answer 19

practice simple construction of tasks and progress to more complex things, use physical guidance and have then backward chain (break something down by two pieces and reconstruct, then by 3 pieces…)

Question 20

how can we evaluate constrictive apraxia

Answer 20

copying designs-house test, clock test, copy shapes, block design, peg board design

Question 21

how do we manage constructional apraxia

Answer 21

simple construction and progress to more complex
guidance,
backward chaining

Question 22

what is the milder form of apraxia

Answer 22

dyspraxia

Question 23

apraxia is a ….. disorder

Answer 23

motor programming