Apraxia and related impairments

Yoshitsugu Nakagawa¹⁾, Mika Otsuki²⁾

¹⁾School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
²⁾Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University

Among the diseases causing dementia described in the clinical guideline for dementia, edited by the committee of Japanese Society of Neurology 2017, we surveyed relevant impairments of movement and praxis according to each criterion of disease and picked up 5 articles;1） limb apraxias and related symptoms, 2） alien hand syndromes and related symptoms, 3） visuospatial impairments and related symptoms, 4） action impairments caused by personal changes, 5） the other important motor dysfunctions, and discussed clinical symptoms, causative regions, and differential diagnosis.

Address correspondence to Dr. Yoshitsugu Nakagawa, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido（1757 Kanazawa, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido 061-0293, Japan）