Ideomotor apraxia in Alzheimer's disease

Ideomotor apraxia, tested on verbal command and by imitation, was checked in 23 patients suffering from dementia of Alzheimer's type of different severity and in 17 age-matched controls. A significant deterioration of ideomotor praxis could be shown even in mild dementia. Correlations of ideomotor apraxia and aphasia, tested by the Token test were found to be significant.