About one in 1,000 children are born with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI), upper extremity weakness or paralysis resulting from trauma to the brachial plexus nerves during childbirth.

Proper motor function depends on an intact nerve complex to conduct impulses between the central and peripheral nervous systems. Neurons, consisting of are incapable of undergoing mitosis after birth.

The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that originate from the spinal cord near the neck and shoulder fanning out to control the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder. A youth being tested with the ...

With a fundraising goal of £2,500, he had raised more than £2,400 by the middle of March. He aims to run the 26.2 miles (42km) in less than three hours and 45 minutes. "The only thing that could ...

Pacira has three commercial-stage non-opioid treatments: EXPAREL ® (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension), a long-acting local analgesic currently approved for infiltration, fascial plane block, ...

The physical findings reflect the degree of muscle paralysis from specific spinal nerve injury and unaffected opposing muscle tone. The physical characteristics of each type of injury will be ...

Mr Wadsworth had suffered a rare injury to the brachial plexus, a group of nerves that sends signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm and hand. After exploratory surgery, he was given the ...