Particularidades da apraxia fronto-calosa

Análise fonológica dos erros da apraxia adquirida de fala*** Phonological error analysis of acquired speech apraxia

Background: the phonological characterization of the errors present in the speech of individuals with speech apraxia can elucidate several aspects of this disorder and consequently lead to the development of effective therapeutic interventions. Generally, studies that have characterized the errors present in speech apraxia were developed in other languages other than the Brazilian Portuguese (B...

Apraxia.

Humans need to perform skilled movements to successfully interact with their environment as well as take care of themselves and others. These important skilled purposeful actions are primarily performed by the forelimb, and the loss of these skills is called apraxia. This review describes the means of testing, the pathophysiology, and the clinical characteristics that define five different gene...

Apraxia Laurel

fronto-orbital remodelling without fronto-orbital bandeau in trigonocephaly (50 cases). Type VI included fronto-orbital remodelling without fronto-orbital bandeau in plagiocephaly (14 cases). In Type VII cases of plagiocephaly with fronto- orbital remodelling and fronto-orbital bandeau

Objective. To review the results and complications of the surgical treatment of craniosynostosis in 283 consecutive patients treated between 1999 and 2007. Patients and methods. Our series consisted of 330 procedures performed in 283 patients diagnosed with scaphocephaly (n=155), trigonocephaly (n=50), anterior plagiocephaly (n=28), occipital plagiocephaly (n=1), non-syndromic multi-suture syno...

Challenging traditions in apraxia.

Apraxia is a symptom on the border between cognition and motor control. It is predominantly caused by left brain damage and frequently accompanied by aphasia. Theories of apraxia have been dominated by a model of the conversion of mental images into motor commands proposed more than 100 years ago by the German psychiatrist Hugo Liepmann and revived for modern cognitive neurology by Norman Gesch...