Table 1 Comparison between patients with verbal apraxia and without verbal apraxia regarding scores of aphasia test. Table 1 (a) that was statistically analyzed using the median shows that there was a significant difference between patients with verbal apraxia and patients without verbal apraxia in the scores of aphasia test except for word fluency, repetition of digit strings, sentence repetition, and spoken and written picture description. Table 1 (b) that was statistically analyzed using the mean reveals that there was a significant difference between patients with verbal apraxia and patients without verbal apraxia in the scores of aphasia test except for repetition of words

Items of aphasia test

Mode

Mode

Median

Range

Median

Range

P value

 Bisection of line

0

(0–1)

4

0

(0–0)

0

0.965

 Semantic memory

10

(0–10)

2

10

(10–10)

10

0.261

 Verbal fluency for words

4

(0–25)

0

13

(9–18)

13

0.013*

 Recognition memory

10

(0–10)

3

10

(10–10)

10

0.288

 Gesture object use

12

(2–12)

4

12

(12–12)

12

0.824

 Arithmetic skill

2

(0–6)

11

5

(3–6)

5

0.161

 Comprehension of spoken words

30

(0–30)

4

30

(30–30)

30

0.236

 Comprehension of spoken sentences

32

(0–32)

2

32

(32–32)

32

0.189

 Comprehension of spoken paragraphs

2

(0–4)

0

3

(2–4)

3

0.543

 Comprehension of written words

30

(0–30)

3

30

(30–30)

30

0.239

 Comprehension of written sentences

32

(0–32)

4

24

(16–32)

24

0.953

 Words repetition

32

(0–32)

11

32

(32–32)

32

0.524

 Repetition of complex words

6

(0–6)

4

6

(6–6)

6

0.348

 Non-word repetition

6

(0–10)

2

6

(6–6)

6

0.646

 Repetition of digits

6

(0–14)

0

9

(8–10)

9

0.035*

 Repetition of sentences

6

(0–12)

3

11

(10–12)

11

0.029*

 Naming (objects)

10

(0–48)

4

30

(12–48)

30

0.236

 Naming (actions)

5

(0–10)

11

10

(10–10)

10

0.089

 Spoken description of pictures

7

(0–28)

4

28

(4–28)

28

0.018*

 Reading at level of words

20

(0–48)

2

34

(20–48)

34

0.384

 Reading at level of complex words

6

(0–6)

0

4

(2–6)

4

0.658

 Reading at level of function words

6

(0–6)

3

3

(0–6)

3

0.863

 Reading at level of non-words

6

(0–10)

4

3

(0–6)

3

0.686

 Writing by copying

27

(0–27)

11

27

(27–27)

27

0.189

 Writing of picture names

21

(0–21)

4

21

(21–21)

21

0.285

 Dictation

28

(0–28)

2

28

(28–28)

28

0.207

 Picture description by writing

7

(0–28)

0

24

(10–26)

24

0.02*

Items of aphasia test

Mean

SD

Mean

T

P value

 Bisection of line

0.02

0.15

0

0.61

0.54

 Semantic memory

8.36

3.237

7.6

0.75

0.455

 Verbal fluency for words

6.4

6.23

3.9

1.42

0.16

 Recognition memory

7.79

3.848

7

0.678

0.50

 Gesture object use

11.86

0.52

11.38

1.199

0.236

 Arithmetic skill

2.8

2.597

2.4

0.53

0.61

 Comprehension of spoken words

26.4

5.456

24.5

1.008

0.318

 Comprehension of spoken sentences

26.05

8.04

25.13

0.36

0.719

 Comprehension of Spoken paragraph

2.29

1.566

2.6

−0.696

0.489

 Comprehension of written words

23.39

10.857

22.91

0.12

0.902

 Comprehension of written sentences

23.45

11.77

23.82

−0.086

0.93

 Word repetition

29.81

7.306

23.13

2.375

0.021*

 Repetition of complex words

5.1

1.985

3.88

1.923

0.060

 Non-word repetition

6.79

3.36

5.13

1.614

0.112

 Digits repetition

6

3.155

5.38

0.581

0.56

 Repetition of sentences

7.24

3.9

6.25

0.810

0.42

 Naming (objects0

21

21.999

18.75

0.341

0.734

 Naming (actions)

5.71

4.89

4.38

0.920

0.361

 Spoken description of pictures

12.79

11.503

6.81

1.854

0.069

 Reading at level of words

24.45

22.547

25.67

−0.157

0.876

 Reading at level of complex words

3.58

2.905

3.17

0.418

0.678

 Reading at level of function words

3.45

3.01

3.17

0.287

0.776

 Reading at level of non-words

4.18

3.917

3.17

0.818

0.418

 Writing by copying

16.55

12.173

22.5

−1.501

0.141

 Writing of picture names

13.6

9.924

17.5

−1.206

0.235

 Dictation

18.03

12.785

23.33

−1.272

0.211

 Picture description by writing

10.88

10.597

12

−0.326

0.746