Title:The Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Treating
Apraxia
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Author(s): Asma AlRuwaili, Rida Fatima, Amal Hussain, Mohammad Uzair, Turki Abualait, Kaleem Imdad and Shahid Bashir*
Affiliation:
- Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Keywords:
Neural rehabilitation, motor cortex, stroke, aphasia of speech, limb-kinetic apraxia, motor evoked potentials, gait.
Abstract: Apraxia can be detected when engaging in mental motor envisioning exercises. The nonverbal
skills of manufacturing, representation, strategizing, arithmetic, visual sensitivity, and motor
skills are all related to apraxia. Limb apraxia also negatively affects communication gestures and
linguistic skills. The impairment of brain regions related to motion patterns is the primary cause of
apraxia. People with apraxia may struggle to complete a variety of tasks because they are unable to
focus on various movements. Apraxia can result from injury to the premotor cortex since it has a role
in the left hemisphere-dependent selection of movements. Cognitive and complicated motor system
deficits are hallmarks of the corticobasal syndrome. Apraxia of the limbs and visuospatial abnormalities
are typical clinical types. TMS was used to study these problems; however, no research was done
on the relationship between TMS parameters and clinical types. It is possible for changes in brain activity
to last a long time when repetitive TMS (rTMS) is utilized. Electromyography shows that noninvasive
TMS of the motor cortex causes target muscle spasms (MEP). The human motor cortex is a
part of the cerebral cortex that is involved in the organization, management, and execution of voluntary
movements. TMS and other neuroimaging techniques are frequently used to identify changes in
this region. Cortical motor excitability varies among different diagnoses; therefore, it is important to
determine the effectiveness of TMS. Therefore, this study aims to review the causes and neurophysiological
simulation of apraxia along with the principles and effects of TMS on apraxia.