| ICD9 = , | ICDO = | Image = | Caption = | OMIM = | OMIM_mult = | MedlinePlus = 003203 | eMedicineSubj = neuro | eMedicineTopic = 438 | DiseasesDB = 31600 | MeshID = D001072 | Apraxia }}Apraxia (praxis: Greek for an act, work, or deed) is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or carry out learned purposeful movements, despite having the desire to and the physical ability to perform the movements. Overview It is a disorder of motor planning which may be acquired or developmental, but may not be caused by incoordination, sensory loss, or failure to comprehend simple commands. It is assumed that when performing an action, the motor engram or ?space-time plan' has to be conveyed from the left parietal lobe via association fibers to the 'Central region? according to Liepmann (1920), this includes the pre-central and post-central gy

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