Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Ideomotor Apraxia, Closed Head Injury, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Matthew Heath

Document Summary

Apraxia: a disorder of learned, skilled purposeful movement not related muscle paralysis or comprehension deficits: This can be both chronic (long-term) or short-term. This is due to a large stroke in the front parietal lobe from possibly taking birth control pills. The patient was able to demonstrate actions from memory and off of imitation, but as soon as an object was placed in her hand to perform the movement, her movement become unbalanced and uncontrolled. It is the most profound type of apraxia. This is because it has impaired her ability to perform movements in her left and right hand. Therefore, a lesion to the right parietal lobe leads to a deficit to the sensory motor interface apraxia is believed to be the result of closed head injury. It is a developmental coordinate disorder (dcd) clumsy children dyspraxic movement impairment. It is a soft issue related to the development of the cortex; no stroke is involved.