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Table 4 Comparison between patients with limb apraxia and without limb apraxia regarding scores of aphasia test. Table 4 (a) that was statistically analyzed using the median shows that there was a significant difference between patients with limb apraxia and patients without limb apraxia in the scores of aphasia test in word fluency, semantic and recognition memories, arithmetic, spoken word, sentences and paragraph comprehension, naming tasks, spoken picture description, and writing tasks. Table 4 (b) that was statistically analyzed using the mean reveals that there was a significant difference between patients with limb apraxia and patients without limb apraxia in the scores of aphasia test in semantic and recognition memories, arithmetic, spoken word, sentence and paragraph comprehension, and naming and writing tasks

From: Language profile in different kinds of apraxia in post-stroke patients

a.

 

Results of cases with limb apraxia

Mode

Results of cases without limb apraxia

Mode

 

Median

Range

Median

Range

P value

Bisection of line

0

(0–1)

0

0

(0–0)

0

0.267

Semantic memory

10

(0–10)

10

10

(0–10)

10

0.026*

Word fluency

0

(0–25)

0

8

(0–18)

8

0.044*

Recognition memory

9

(0–10)

9

10

(0–10)

10

0.009**

Gesture object use

12

(2–12)

12

12

(10–12)

12

0.444

Arithmetic skill

0

(0–6)

0

3

(0–6)

3

0.006**

Comprehension of spoken words

22

(0–30)

22

30

(18–30)

22

<0.001**

Comprehension of spoken sentences

18

(0–32)

18

32

(16–32)

32

<0.001**

Comprehension of spoken paragraphs

2

(0–4)

2

4

(0–4)

4

0.028*

Comprehension of written words

27

(0–30)

27

30

(0–30)

30

0.208

Comprehension of written sentences

27

(0–32)

27

32

(0–32)

32

0.672

Word repetition

32

(0–32)

32

32

(0–32)

32

0.9

Repetition of complex words

6

(0–6)

6

6

(0–6)

6

0.37

Non-word repetition

6

(0–10)

6

7

(0–10)

7

0.229

Digit repetition

4

(0–14)

4

7

(0–10)

7

0.176

Repetition of sentences

6

(0–12)

6

8

(0–12)

8

0.251

Naming ( objects)

0

(0–48)

0

32

(0–48)

32

0.003**

Naming (actions)

0

(0–10)

0

10

(0–10)

10

0.002**

Spoken description of pictures

0

(0–26)

0

22

(0–28)

22

0.001**

Reading at level of words

0

(0–48)

0

48

(0–48)

48

0.084

Reading at level of complex words

0

(0–6)

0

6

(0–6)

6

0.163

Reading at level of function words

0

(0–6)

0

6

(0–6)

6

0.241

Reading at level of non-words

0

(0–6)

0

6

(0–10)

6

0.099

Writing by copying

13

(0–27)

13

27

(0–27)

27

0.046*

Writing of picture names

3

(0–21)

3

21

(0–21)

21

0.009**

Dictation

4

(0–28)

4

28

(0–28)

28

0.018*

Picture description by writing

1

(0–21)

1

20

(0–28)

20

0.002*

b.

 

Results of cases with limb apraxia

Results of cases without limb apraxia

Independent t test

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

T

P value

Bisection of line

0.04

0.2

0.00

0.00

1.112

0.271

Semantic memory

7.00

3.89

9.09

2.41

−2.511

0.015*

Word fluency

4.38

6.48

6.81

5.35

−1.564

0.124

Recognition memory

6.19

4.3

8.69

3.24

−2.518

0.015*

Gesture object use

11.62

1.96

11.8

0.59

−0.540

0.591

Arithmetic skill

1.85

2.46

3.45

2.47

−2.446

0.018*

Comprehension of spoken words

22.31

7.85

28.81

2.96

−4.331

0.001**

Comprehension of spoken sentences

21.23

10.01

29.5

4.95

−4.102

0.001**

Comprehension of spoken paragraphs

1.85

1.69

2.81

1.51

−2.296

0.025

Comprehension of written words

22.13

10.44

23.93

11.67

−0.512

0.612

Comprehension of written sentences

22.25

11.71

24.29

12.39

−0.535

0.596

Word repetition

29.23

7.15

26.94

11.78

0.870

0.388

Repetition of complex words

4.54

2.23

4.94

2.2

−0.680

0.499

Non-word repetition

5.77

3.4

6.78

3.65

−1.081

0.284

Digit repetition

5.38

3.99

6.19

3.35

−0.834

0.408

Repetition of sentences

6.38

4.0

7.44

4.26

−0.96

0.34

Naming (objects)

12.00

20.37

27.19

21.68

−2.726

0.009*

Naming (actions)

3.08

4.71

7.19

4.40

−3.431

0.001**

Spoken description of pictures

5.42

7.81

15.78

11.48

−3.920

0.001**

Reading at level of words

17.50

22.24

28.79

22.25

−1.630

0.11

Reading at level of complex words

2.63

3.07

3.93

2.7

−1.479

0.146

Reading at level of function words

2.63

3.07

3.79

2.85

−1.281

0.207

Reading at level of non-words

2.63

3.07

4.62

3.82

−1.791

0.08

Writing by copying

13.4

13.04

20.72

10.64

−2.028

0.049*

Writing names of pictures

9.56

10.46

17.48

7.86

−2.872

0.006**

Dictation

12.75

13.95

23.32

9.7

−2.953

0.005**

Picture description by writing

4.88

7.86

14.66

9.57

−3.487

0.001**