Grasping tools: effects of task and apraxia.

In patients with apraxia the ability to access tool-use-knowledge and to integrate it into a movement plan is frequently disturbed. The present study investigated potential differences between a 'transport'- and a 'use'-task as well as the influence of apraxia on the preceding grasping movement, when the tool is presented with its handle pointing away from the participant. 20 controls, 10 patients with right brain damage (RBD-group) and 17 patients with left brain damage (LBD-group) were tested.