Ideomotor Apraxia, often IMA, is a neurological disorder characterized by the inability to correctly imitate hand gestures and voluntarily mime tool use, e.g. ...IdeomotorapraxiaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchMainarticle:ApraxiaMedicalconditionIdeomotorapraxiaSpecialtyNeurology IdeomotorApraxia,oftenIMA,isaneurologicaldisordercharacterizedbytheinabilitytocorrectlyimitatehandgesturesandvoluntarilymimetooluse,e.g.pretendtobrushone'shair.Theabilitytospontaneouslyusetools,suchasbrushingone'shairinthemorningwithoutbeinginstructedtodoso,mayremainintact,butisoftenlost.ThegeneralconceptofapraxiaandtheclassificationofideomotorapraxiaweredevelopedinGermanyinthelate19thandearly20thcenturiesbytheworkofHugoLiepmann,AdolphKussmaul,ArnoldPick,PaulFlechsig,HermannMunk,CarlNothnagel,TheodorMeynert,andlinguistHeymannSteinthal,amongothers.Ideomotorapraxiawasclassifiedas"ideo-kineticapraxia"byLiepmannduetotheapparentdissociationoftheideaoftheactionwithitsexecution.[1]Theclassificationsofthevarioussubtypesarenotwelldefinedatpresent,however,owingtoissuesofdiagnosisandpathophysiology.Ideomotorapraxiaishypothesizedtoresultfromadisruptionofthesystemthatrelatesstoredtooluseandgestureinformationwiththestateofthebodytoproducethepropermotoroutput.Thissystemisthoughttoberelatedtotheareasofthebrainmostoftenseentobedamagedwhenideomotorapraxiaispresent:theleftparietallobeandthepremotorcortex.Littlecanbedoneatpresenttoreversethemotordeficitseeninideomotorapraxia,althoughtheextentofdysfunctionitinducesisnotentirelyclear.Contents1SignsandSymptoms2Cause3Pathophysiology4Diagnosis5Management6References7Furtherreading8ExternallinksSignsandSymptoms[edit]Ideomotorapraxia(IMA)impingesonone'sabilitytocarryoutcommon,familiaractionsoncommand,suchaswavinggoodbye.PersonswithIMAexhibitalossofabilitytocarryoutmotormovements,andmayshowerrorsinhowtheyholdandmovethetoolinattemptingthecorrectfunction.[2]Oneofthedefiningsymptomsofideomotorapraxiaistheinabilitytopantomimetooluse.Asanexample,