STIMA: a short screening test for ideo-motor apraxia, selective for action meaning and bodily district

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 977-984

  Tessari, Alessia ^a   Toraldo, Alessio ^b   Lunardelli, Alberta ^c   Zadini, Antonietta ^c   Rumiati, Raffaella Ida ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gestures; Ideomotor apraxia; Imitation; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; IDEOMOTOR APRAXIA; IMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REHABILITATION; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGED; APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84930383705     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2203-4     Document Type: Article

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