Humberto Foyaca Sibat

Department of Neurology, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa

Publications

• Research Article   
  Last Information on Gait Apraxia, Diagnostic Procedures and Systematic Review
  Author(s): Lourdes de Fatima Ibanez Valdes and Humberto Foyaca Sibat*
  
  Introduction: Apraxia (motor agnosia) is a neurological condition characterized by the desire and ability to move which is impeded by the inability to performed it due to corpus callosum damage (callosotomy/ anterior cerebral artery stroke/mass), left inferior parietal lobule, the premotor cortex, supplementary motor area and convexity lesions affecting sequencing of purposeful, the planning and to perform skilled movements, including dressing, speaking or using tools, no related to motor disorder. Objectives: The main aim of this study is to discuss the last information released into the medical literature regarding to Gait Apraxia (GA) and the novel diagnostic procedure reported in the available medical literature. Methods: A wide searching of the medical literature of the following database PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and Embase databases was .. Read More»
  

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