Artículo
Short apraxia screening test
Leiguarda, Ramón Carlos; Clarens, María Florencia; Amengual, Alejandra; Drucaroff, Lucas Javier
; Hallett, Mark
Fecha de publicación:
10/2014
Editorial:
Taylor & Francis
Revista:
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
ISSN:
1380-3395
Idioma:
Inglés
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Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Background: Limb apraxia comprises many different and common disorders, which are largely unrecognized essentially because there is no easy-to-use screening test sensitive enough to identify all types of limb praxis deficits. Method: We evaluated 70 right-handed patients with limb apraxia due to a single focal lesion of the left hemisphere and 40 normal controls, using a new apraxia screening test. The test covered 12 items including: intransitive gestures, transitive gestures elicited under verbal, visual, and tactile modalities, imitation of meaningful and meaningless postures and movements, and a multiple object test. Results: Interrater reliability was maximum for a cutoff of >2 positive items identifying apraxia on the short battery (Cohen's kappa.918, p <.0001), and somewhat less for >3 items (Cohen's kappa.768, p <.0001). Although both results were statistically significant, >2 was higher, indicating greater apraxia diagnosis agreement between raters at this cutoff value. Conclusions: The screening test proved to have high specificity and sensitivity to diagnose every type of upper limb praxis deficit, thus showing advantages over previously published tests.
Palabras clave:
Apraxia Evaluation
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Screening Test
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Sensitivity
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Specificity
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Leiguarda, Ramón Carlos; Clarens, María Florencia; Amengual, Alejandra; Drucaroff, Lucas Javier; Hallett, Mark; Short apraxia screening test; Taylor & Francis; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology; 36; 8; 10-2014; 867-874
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