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dyspraxia (dis-PRAK-see-uh0 - (neuro.) n., impairment of the ability to perform coordinated movements.
More formally, developmental coordination disorder (DCD), where the brain is unable to consistently send messages accurately to the body for complex motor movements -- such as (and this seems to be the canonical example) tying shoelaces, but also can cover such actions as keeping balance. This is separate from such conditions as cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis. Usually presents in early childhood, and so formerly was sometimes called clumsy child syndrome. Coined on the model of apraxia, inability to perform coordinated movement, from Ancient Greek roots dys-, bad/ill + praxia, action.
---L.
More formally, developmental coordination disorder (DCD), where the brain is unable to consistently send messages accurately to the body for complex motor movements -- such as (and this seems to be the canonical example) tying shoelaces, but also can cover such actions as keeping balance. This is separate from such conditions as cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis. Usually presents in early childhood, and so formerly was sometimes called clumsy child syndrome. Coined on the model of apraxia, inability to perform coordinated movement, from Ancient Greek roots dys-, bad/ill + praxia, action.
---L.
