TypesWhatisapraxia?MedicallyreviewedbyHeidiMoawad,M.D.—WrittenbyBethSissonsonOctober23,2019CausesSymptomsTypesApraxiavs.aphasiavs.dyspraxiaDiagnosisTreatmentManagementOutlookApraxiaisaneffectofneurologicaldisease.Itmakespeopleunabletocarryouteverydaymovementsandgestures.Forexample,apersonwithapraxiamaybeunabletotietheirshoelacesorbuttonupashirt.Peoplewithapraxiaofspeechfinditchallengingtotalkandexpressthemselvesthroughspeech.Inthisarticle,learnmoreaboutthecausesandsymptomsofapraxia,aswellasthetreatmentoptions.CausesShareonPinterestHeadtrauma,stroke,anddementiaareallpossiblecausesofapraxia.Apraxiahappenswhencertainregionsofthecerebralhemispheresinthebraindonotworkproperly.Thisdysfunctionmayoccurifalesioninthebrainformsacrosstheneuralpathwaysthatstorememoriesoflearnedmovements.Apersonwithapraxiamaybeunabletoaccessthisinformation.Apraxiacanhappenduetoaheadinjuryordiseasethataffectsthebrain,suchas:astrokeheadtraumadementiatumorscorticobasalganglionicdegenerationApraxiaismorecommoninolderadultsduetothehigherincidenceofneurologicaldiseases,suchasstrokeanddementia,amongthispopulation.Ifpeoplehaveapraxiaduetoswellingfromastroke,itmightimprovewithinafewweeks.Apraxiacanalsobeageneticdisorder.Ifaninfanthasapraxiaatbirth,itmaybeduetoproblemsinvolvingthecentralnervoussystem.SymptomsThemainsymptomofapraxiaisaninabilitytocarryoutsimplemovements,eventhoughapersonwithapraxiahasfulluseoftheirbodyandunderstandscommandstomove.Peoplewithapraxiamayfinditdifficulttocontrolorcoordinatemovementsvoluntarily.Theseindividualsmayalsohavebraindamagethatcausesaphasia,alanguageimpairmentthatreducestheabilitytounderstandorusewordscorrectly.TypesDifferenttypesofapraxiaaffectthebodyinslightlydifferentways:Limb-kineticapraxiaPeoplewithlimb-kineticapraxiaareunabletouseafinger,arm,orlegtomakepreciseandcoordinatedmovements.Althoughpeoplewithlimb-kineticapraxiamayunderstandhowtouseatool,suchasascrewdriver,andmayhaveuseditinthepast,theyarenowunabletocarryoutthesamemovement.IdeomotorapraxiaPeoplewithideomot