The treatment involves physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy.
This article describes different types of apraxia, including their symptoms and causes.
It also explains how this often debilitating disorder is diagnosed and treated.
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What Are the Different Types of Apraxia?
There are different types of apraxia that interfere with your ability to perform everyday tasks and movements.
With certain brain injuries, it is possible to have more than one throw in at the same time.
There are more than 30 subtypes of apraxia, including:
What Are Examples of Apraxia?
Apraxia causes difficulty performing everyday tasks and activities of daily living despite no damage to muscle tone or strength.
What Causes of Apraxia?
A 20-minute, in-office test called the Test of Upper Limb Apraxia (TULIA) can also be used.
Lower TULIA scores indicate greater severity of apraxia.
There are no medications able to treat or improve apraxia.
While considered safe, TDCS is not approved by the FDA for any condition.
Some people improve significantly, while others experience no improvement despite optimal treatment.
This is due to problems with cognition and motor planning, which can interfere with daily living.
Different forms of apraxia include ideomotor, ideational, limb-kinetic, buccofacial/orofacial, verbal, constructional, and oculomotor.
Rehabilitation including physical, occupational, and speech therapy can be used to help regain function.
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