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Apraxia – motor

 

  • Apraxia is a disorder of motor planning
  • It is the loss of the ability to carry out or execute tasks that the patient was able to do so previously
  • Even though patients understand a given task and want to perform that task, they are unable to do so
  • It is not due to weakness, loss of co-ordination, loss of sensation or incomprehension

 

 

 

 

 

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