Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Apr 2000)

Obstetric Brachial Palsy Recovery Mechanism

  • J Gordon Millichap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-4-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 25 – 26

Abstract

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A group of 162 infants (aged 4-14 months) with obstetric brachial palsy (OBP) and a group of 184 child and adult patients (aged 6-74 years) with a traumatic brachial plexus lesion were compared, using an EMG and nerve-conduction-study protocol, developed since 1985 at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Atrium Medisch Centrum, Heerlen, The Netherlands.

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