amnestic apraxia

apraxia /aprax·ia/ (ah-prak´se-ah) loss of ability to carry out familiar purposeful movements in the absence of motor or sensory impairment, especially inability to use objects correctly.

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amnestic apraxia  loss of ability to carry out a movement on command due to inability to remember the command.

Bruns' apraxia of gait  Bruns' frontal ataxia.

Cogan's oculomotor apraxia , congenital oculomotor apraxia an absence or defect of horizontal eye movements so that the head must turn and the eyes exhibit nystagmus in attempts to see an object off to one side.

ideational apraxia  sensory a.

innervatory apraxia , motor apraxia impairment of skilled movements not explained by weakness of the affected parts, the patient appearing clumsy rather than weak.

sensory apraxia  loss of ability to use an object due to lack of perception of its purpose.

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amnestic apraxia

[amnes′tik]

the inability to carry out a movement in response to a request because of a lack of ability to remember the request. See also apraxia.

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apraxia [ah-prak´se-ah]

loss of ability to carry out familiar purposeful movements in the absence of sensory or motor impairment, especially impairment of the ability to use objects correctly.

amnestic apraxia loss of ability to carry out a movement on command due to inability to remember the command.

apraxia of gait a common disorder of the elderly in which the patient walks with a broad-based gait, taking short steps and placing the feet flat on the ground.

motor apraxia impairment of skilled movements that is not explained by weakness of the affected parts; the patient appears clumsy rather than weak.

sensory apraxia loss of ability to make proper use of an object due to lack of perception of its purpose.

apraxia of speech a speech disorder similar to motor aphasia, due to apraxia of mouth and neck muscles because of a lesion interfering with coordination of impulses from Broca's motor speech area. Called also aphemia.