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Erb’s Palsy


Erb’s Palsy occurs when the brachial plexus, a network of nerves, is damaged. Different brachial plexus injuries may be classified as either Erb’s palsy or Klumpke’s palsy. Erb’s palsy is an upper brachial plexus injury causing adduction and internal rotation of the shoulder with pronation of the forearm. Treatment for this kind of brachial plexus injury is to protect the shoulder from excessive motion by immobilizing the arm across the upper abdomen and preventing contractures by passive range of motion exercises. These brachial plexus injury exercises are performed starting at a very young age around one week.

Klumpke’s Palsy
Klumpke’s palsy is a lower plexus injury that ends up with paralysis in the hand and wrist. Many times Klumpke’s palsy is with ipsilateral Horner’s syndrome. The only brachial plexus injury needed for Klumpke’s palsy is passive range of motion exercises.

Since the brachial plexus conducts signals from the spine to the arm and hand when it is damaged a limp arm can result. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves formed by fibers, which are located between the shoulder and the neck. Most often brachial plexus injuries like Erb’s palsy happen during birth when excessive lateral traction is applied to the fetal neck region. In cases of Erb’s palsy the upper part of the brachial plexus is involved.

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