From: Language profile in different kinds of apraxia in post-stroke patients
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Results of cases with buccofacial apraxia | Mode | Results of cases without buccofacial apraxia | Mode | ||||
Median | Range | Median | Range | P value | |||
Bisection of line | 0 | (0–1) | 0 | 0 | (0–0) | 0 | 0.591 |
Semantic memory | 10 | (0–10) | 10 | 9 | (0–10) | 9 | 0.172 |
Word fluency | 3 | (0–25) | 3 | 5 | (0–16) | 5 | 0.571 |
Recognition memory | 10 | (0–10) | 10 | 10 | (0–10) | 10 | 0.891 |
Gesture object use | 12 | (2–12) | 12 | 12 | (10–12) | 12 | 0.012* |
Arithmetic skill | 2 | (0–6) | 2 | 2 | (0–6) | 2 | 0.602 |
Comprehension of spoken words | 30 | (0–30) | 30 | 30 | (14–30) | 30 | 0.531 |
Comprehension of spoken sentences | 32 | (0–32) | 32 | 22 | (10–32) | 22 | 0.386 |
Comprehension of spoken paragraphs | 2 | (0–4) | 2 | 2 | (0–4) | 2 | 0.441 |
Comprehension of written words | 30 | (0–30) | 30 | 30 | (16–30) | 30 | 0.184 |
Comprehension of written sentences | 30 | (0–32) | 30 | 32 | (12–32) | 30 | 0.04* |
Word repetition | 32 | (0–32) | 32 | 32 | (32–32) | 32 | 0.051 |
Repetition of complex words | 6 | (0–6) | 6 | 6 | (4–6) | 6 | 0.055 |
Non-word repetition | 6 | (0–10) | 6 | 6 | (2–10) | 6 | 0.205 |
Digit repetition | 6 | (0–12) | 6 | 6 | (4–14) | 6 | 0.21 |
Repetition of sentences | 6 | (0–12) | 6 | 8 | (0–12) | 6 | 0.476 |
Naming (objects) | 0 | (0–48) | 0 | 16 | (0–48) | 0 | 0.386 |
Naming (actions) | 0 | (0–10) | 0 | 10 | (0–10) | 0 | 0.104 |
Spoken description of pictures | 12 | (0–28) | 12 | 7 | (0–28) | 12 | 0.862 |
Reading at level of words | 34 | (0–48) | 34 | 20 | (0–48) | 34 | 0.813 |
Reading at level of complex words | 3 | (0–6) | 3 | 6 | (0–6) | 3 | 0.047* |
Reading at level of function words | 2 | (0–6) | 2 | 6 | (0–6) | 2 | 0.044* |
Reading at level of non-words | 2 | (0–10) | 2 | 6 | (0–6) | 2 | 0.19 |
Writing by copying | 27 | (0–27) | 27 | 27 | (0–27) | 27 | 0.967 |
Writing of picture names | 21 | (0–21) | 21 | 21 | (0–21) | 21 | 0.28 |
Dictation | 28 | (0–28) | 28 | 28 | (0–28) | 28 | 1 |
Picture description by writing | 18 | (0–26) | 18 | 5 | (0–28) | 18 | 0.53 |
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Items of aphasia test | Results of cases with buccofacial apraxia | Results of cases without bucccofacial apraxia | Independent t test | ||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | T | P value | ||
Bisection of line | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.595 | |
Semantic memory | 8.27 | 3.32 | 7.77 | 3.35 | 0.475 | 0.637 | |
Word fluency | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.08 | 4.70 | −0.240 | 0.811 | |
Recognition memory | 7.53 | 4.02 | 7.69 | 3.73 | −0.128 | 0.899 | |
Gesture object use | 11.78 | 1.49 | 11.5 | 0.88 | 0.550 | 0.585 | |
Arithmetic skill | 2.82 | 2.71 | 2.3 | 2.06 | 0.581 | 0.564 | |
Comprehension of spoken words | 26.00 | 6.7 | 25.54 | 5.95 | 0.223 | 0.824 | |
Comprehension of spoken sentences | 26.18 | 8.8 | 24.46 | 8.09 | 0.628 | 0.53 | |
Comprehension of spoken paragraphs | 2.49 | 1.55 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.939 | 0.352 | |
Comprehension of written words | 21.94 | 11.97 | 28.4 | 4.67 | −1.588 | 0.120 | |
Comprehension of written sentences | 21.94 | 12.65 | 29.78 | 6.67 | −1.784 | 0.082 | |
Word repetition | 26.8 | 11.06 | 32.00 | 0.00 | −1.684 | 0.098 | |
Repetition of complex words | 4.44 | 2.4 | 5.85 | 0.56 | −2.071 | 0.043* | |
Non-word repetition | 5.98 | 3.73 | 7.5 | 2.60 | −1.408 | 0.165 | |
Digit repetition | 5.38 | 3.56 | 7.38 | 3.60 | −1.785 | 0.080 | |
Repetition of sentences | 6.7 | 4.35 | 7.85 | 3.31 | −0.868 | 0.389 | |
Naming (objects) | 20.18 | 23.18 | 21.08 | 19.57 | −0.127 | 0.899 | |
Naming (actions) | 4.76 | 5.00 | 7.38 | 4.35 | −1.716 | 0.092 | |
Spoken description of pictures | 11.78 | 11.82 | 8.9 | 8.73 | 0.807 | 0.423 | |
Reading at level of words | 25.11 | 23.65 | 23.44 | 19.39 | 0.195 | 0.846 | |
Reading at level of complex words | 3.00 | 2.89 | 5.33 | 2.00 | −2.281 | 0.028* | |
Reading at level of function words | 2.89 | 2.96 | 5.33 | 2.00 | −2.334 | 0.024* | |
Reading at level of non-words | 3.56 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 2.00 | −1.311 | 0.197 | |
Writing by copying | 18.08 | 12.36 | 18.33 | 10.72 | −0.056 | 0.956 | |
Writing names of pictures | 13.67 | 9.92 | 18.67 | 7.00 | −1.420 | 0.163 | |
Dictation | 18.69 | 13.1 | 22.56 | 9.1 | −0.832 | 0.41 | |
Written description of pictures | 12.25 | 10.3 | 6.89 | 8.24 | 1.444 | 0.156 |