Brachial palsy is a weakness or paralysis of the arm due to brachial plexus injury. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves near your neck that connect your spinal cord to your arms. These nerves ...

Management: What's on the Horizon? Let's now talk about the older infant—a 3-month-old—with persistent evidence of injury. Are there newer therapy strategies or anything on the horizon that has ...

Twice a year, Anni Lierhaus wished she was sick enough to stay home from school. Not coincidentally, those were the same days she and other elementary, middle and high school students throughout the ...

Brachial plexus palsy represents a spectrum of injuries that affect the network of nerves controlling the upper limb. These injuries often arise during the birthing process, when excessive stretching ...

Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury happens in about 1 to 4 out of every 1,000 births and is when the nerves in the baby's shoulder, arm and hand are stretched out during the delivery. It causes the baby ...

Brachial plexus injuries can be classified in 2 ways: by the degree of nerve injury or by their anatomic location (as in this article). A more complete understanding of the associated anatomy enhances ...

Erb-Duchenne and Dejerine-Klumpke are palsies of the brachial plexus. Palsy refers to paralysis while brachial plexus is the network of nerves in the region from the neck down towards the shoulder, ...

Few characteristics have been identified as risk factors for brachial plexus injuries. We sought to investigate a potential relationship with multiparity based on clinical observation at our ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently published results showed ultrasound screening is appropriate for infants with brachial plexus birth ...