Recovery Following Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy

Abstract

The value of detailed strength testing monthly, up to 6 months of age, in predicting complete recovery was determined in a prospective study of 80 infants with brachial plexus injury followed at the Brachial Plexus Palsy Center, St Louis Children’s Hospital, MO.

Keywords

• neonatal brachial plexus palsy
• deltoid muscles
• distal weakness