5. Disorders of Spatial relations
It includes specific impairments in
1. figure ground discrimination.
2. Spatial relations,
3. position in space,
4. topographical disorientation.
5. Form discrimination.
6. Depth and distance perception
7. vertical disorientation.
8. 1. Unilateral neglect
Unilateral neglect is characterized by the failure to
report or respond to people or objects present at the
side opposite to brain lesion
9. Sensory neglect
Defined as being unaware of sensory stimuli on the side of the body or
space opposite to the body lession.
This can be further classified into
1. Visual neglect
2. Auditory neglect
3. Tactile neglect
10. Motor neglect
Failure to generate a movement response to a stimulus
eventhough the person is aware of the stimulus
The movement failure cannot be explained by a primary
motor deficit or weakness.
11. Representational neglect
Where a person ignores the contraesional of internally
generated images
Internally generated images are mental representations
or visualizations of a task, action or environment.
12. Personal neglect
A lack of exploration or awareness of the side of the body opposite the
brain lesion.
(E.g.)Failure to dress one half of the body or combing only one side of the
head.
13. Spatial neglect
A failure to acknowledge stimuli on the contralesional side
of space
1. Peri personal neglect
2. Extra personal neglect
14. Testing Unilateral Neglect
Line bisection tests
Cancellation tests
Copying and drawing tests
Behavioral Inattention Test (BIT)
19. Behaviour inattention test
The Behavioral Inattention Test (BIT) is a 15 item
standardized test battery for assessing visual neglect,
consisting of
6 of the most commonly used pen-and paper tests as
well as
9 behavioral tasks.
20. Pen & Paper tests
1. Line crossing,
2. Letter cancellation,
3. Star cancellation,
4. Figure copying,
5. Line bisection, and
6. Free drawing.
21. Behavioral Tasks
1. Picture scanning,
2. Telephone dialing,
3. Menu reading,
4. Article reading,
5. Telling and setting the time,
6. Coin sorting,
7. Address and sentence copying,
8. Map navigation, and
9.Card sorting.
22. 2. Somato Agnosia
Impairment in body scheme, is a lack of awareness of body
structure and the relationship of body parts to oneself or to others
23. Evaluation
Draw Man Test:
Ask the patient to draw the diagram of a man
Note for
A.Absence of a specific body part
B.Abnormality in relation between the body parts
24. 3. Finger Agnosia
■ Inability to identify the fingers of one’s own hands or of the hands of the
examiner.
■ This includes difficulty in naming the fingers on command
25. 4. Anosognosia
Anosognosia is a lack of ability to perceive the realities of one’s own
condition. It’s a person’s inability to accept that they have a condition that
matches up with their symptoms or a formal diagnosis.
26. 5. Right-left discrimination
Right–left discrimination is a complex neuropsychologic process that calls
upon several higher functions, including visuospatial processing, memory,
language and integration of sensory information, and cerebral
hemispherical asymmetry appears to be a contributing factor.
27. Disorders of Spatial relations
Indications that someone may have a deficit in spatial awareness include:
difficulties pinpointing the location of something they see, hear, or feel.
Issues navigating through their environment when walking or driving.
Problems gauging distance from an object, such as when walking, driving,
or reaching for things.
28. Types
1. Figure-ground discrimination
2. Form Constancy
3. Spatial Relation
4. Position in spac
5. Topographic disorientation
6. Depth & distance Perception
7. Vertical Disorientation
29. 1.Figure – Ground Discrimination
Inability to Visually distinguish a figure from the background in which it’s
embeded
35. 7.Depth and distance perception
Depth perception is the visual ability to perceive the world in
three dimensions (3D) and the distance of an object.
36. AGNOSIA
Agnosia is a rare disorder whereby a patient is unable to recognize and
identify objects, persons, or sounds using one or more of their senses despite
otherwise normally functioning senses
For example, a patient with agnosia may not be able to identify a cup by
sight, although they may be able to tell its color and identify it by touch by its
shape and texture
Types:. -Visual agnosia
-Auditory agnosia
37. VISUAL AGNOSIA
Visual object agnosia Is the most common form of agnosia.
Visual agnosia refers to an impairment in recognizing visually presented
objects, despite otherwise normal visual field, acuity, color vision, brightness
discrimination, language, and memory. Patients can recognize objects using
other sensory modalities.
Lesion area : occipito-temporo-parietal areas of either hemisphere.
For example: One remarkable aspect of this disorder is the readiness with
which the patient can identify an object once it is handled . The patient may
not recognize people, possessions and common objects.
38. Testing :To test for this deficit, Several common objects are placed in front
the patient. The patient is asked to name the objects, to point to an object
named by the therapist, or to demonstrate its use.
39. AUDITORY AGNOSIA
Auditory agnosia refer to the inability to recognize nonspeech sounds or to
discriminate between them. This occurs In the absence of other
communication disorders.
Lesion area : The lesion is located in the dominant temporal lobe.
Clinical example: The patient with auditory agnosia cannot tell the
difference between the ring of a doorbell and that of a telephone ,or
between a dog barking and thunder.
Testing : The patient is asked to close the eyes and to identify the source of
various sounds. The therapist rings a bell ,honks a horn,ring a telephone and
so forth, and ask the patient to identify the sound.(verballyor by pointing to
a picture).
40. APRAXIA
Apraxia is an impairment of voluntary skilled learned movement.
It is characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movement, which
cannot be accounted for by inadequate strength,loss of
coordination,Impaired sensation,attentional difficulties, abnormal tone,
movement disorders, Poor comprehension or uncooperativeness.
Types : -Ideomotor apraxia
-Ideational apraxia
41. IDEOMOTOR APRAXIA
Refers to breakdown between concept and performance.
There is disconnection between the idea of a movement and it’s motor
execution.
Information cannot be transferred from the areas of the brain that
conceptualize to the centers for motor execution.
Clinical example: Unable to blow on commad, however if given a bubble
wand,the patient wil spontaneously blow bubbles
Lesion area: Left dominant hemisphere,both frontal and posterior parietal
lesions can result in apraxia.
Testing: Comprises of universally known movements, such as
blowing,brushing, shaving.
42. IDEATIONAL APRAXIA
Failure in the conceptualization of the task
It is an inability to perform a purpuseful motor act either automatically or on
command.
Patient no longer Understand the overall concept of act
Cannot retain the idea of the task or cannot formulate the motor pattern that are
required.
Clinical example: When given a toothbrush and toothpaste and told to brush the
teeth ,the patient put the tube of toothpaste in the Mouth furthe he may be
unable to describe Verbally how tooth pastes is done.
Lesion area: dominant parietal Lobe
Testing: Tests for ideational apraxia are similar to those for ideomotor Apraxia
Difference in the response is that with ideomotor Patient can performa motor act
spontaneously at the appropriate time but ideational is unable to do so.
