Brachial Plexus Center Research
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Brachial Plexus Presentations

The Brachial Plexus Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center provides information on recent presentations by team members as well as videos of Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Grand Rounds.

2022 Presentations

Dorich, J.M., Whiting, J., Plano Clark, Vicki, Ittenbach, R., Cornwall, R. (2022). “The Impact of Brachial Plexus Birth Injury in Adulthood: Comprehensive Evaluation using the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning,” 77th Annual American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, September 29 – October 1, Boston, MA.
Bach, K.*, Miller, M., Allgier, A., Little, K., Schwentker, A. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Outcomes in Pediatric Population. Poster presentation at Plastic Surgery Research Council 2022 Meeting in Toronto. 2022 June 10.
Emmert M, Goh Q, Shay-Winkler K, Aggarwal P, Cornwall R. The sex-dependent role of myostatin signaling in contractures following neonatal brachial plexus injury. Podium presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, May 11-14, 2022. Winner of Best Basic Science Paper
Dorich JM, Whiting JK, Eckstein KL, Plano Clark VL, Ittenbach R, Cornwall R. Long-Term Impact of Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: Results of a Mixed Methods Study. Podium presentation at the Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, April 8-9, 2022.
Emmert M, Goh Q, Shay-Winkler K, Aggarwal P, Cornwall R. Myostatin as a potential target for treatment of muscle contractures. Poster presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, February 4-8, 2022, Tampa, FL.

Runkel M, Goh Q, Shay-Winkler K, Cornwall R. Effect of sympathetic innervation on modulation of contractures in neonatal brachial plexus injury. Poster presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, February 4-8, 2022, Tampa, FL.

2021 Presentations

Dorich JM, Whiting JK, Eckstein KL, Plano Clark VL, Ittenbach R, Cornwall R. Long-Term Impact of Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: Results of a Mixed Methods Survey of Adults Aged 21 to 87. American Society of Hand Therapists Annual Meeting. St. Louis, MO, Oct. 7 - Oct. 10, 2021.

Dorich JM, Whiting JK, Eckstein KL, Plano Clark VL, Ittenbach R, Cornwall R. Long-Term Impact of Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: Results of a Mixed Methods Survey of Adults Aged 21 - 87. Podium presentation at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 30 - October 2, 2021.

Miller M, Messena J, Eckstein K, Little K, Schwentker A. Evaluation and Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients. Poster presentation at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 30 - October 2, 2021.

Nikolaou S, Long J, Eckstein K, Cornwall R. Identifying a Common Muscle Contracture Phenotype between Brachial Plexus Birth Injury and Cerebral Palsy. Poster Presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Virtual Annual Meeting, 2021.

2020 Presentations

Vuillermin C, Kunnummal A, Bauer A, Cornwall R, Tartarilla A, Miller P, Waters PM. Treatment Variation in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury at Six Medical Centers across North America. Oral Poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 2-5, 2020.

Goh Q, Nikolaou S, Shay-Winkler K, Cornwall R. Timing is Everything: Optimizing a Novel Pharmacologic Therapy for Contracture Prevention in Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury. Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, May 2020. Finalist for Best Basic Science Paper.

Nikolaou S, Long J, Eckstein K, Cornwall R. Contractures in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Are a Problem of Muscle Length, not Muscle Strength: Translating Findings from an Animal Model to Humans. Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, May 2020.

Allgier A, Schwentker A. “Treatment of Brachial Plexus Injuries”. National Association of Neonatal Therapists 10 Conference, Cincinnati, OH, May 2020.

Nikolaou S, Long J, Eckstein K, Cornwall R. Contractures in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Are a Problem of Muscle Length, not Muscle Strength: Translating Findings from an Animal Model to Humans. Poster presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 8-11, 2020.

Goh Q, Nikolaou S, Shay-Winkler K, Cornwall R. Timing of Proteasome Inhibition for Contracture Prevention in Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury. Podium presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 8-11, 2020.

2019 Presentations

Vuillermin C, Kunnummal A, Bauer A, Cornwall R, Tartarilla A, Miller P, Waters PM. Treatment Variation in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Across Academic Medical Centers in North America. Podium presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, May 2019.

Cornwall R, Nikolaou S, Hu L. Identifying and Pharmacologically Correcting the Molecular Pathophysiology of Contractures in Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury. Podium presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, May 2019. (Winner: Best Basic Science Paper)

Cornwall R. “Changing the paradigm of neuromuscular contractures: Lessons from Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.” Visiting Professor at University of Michigan Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI, November, 2019

Cornwall R. “Frontiers in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.”  International Visiting Professor at Brachialcon2019, Chennai, India, May, 2019.

Nikolaou S, Hu L, Cornwall R. Pharmacologic Inhibition of Protein Degradation Prevents Contractures following Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury: Elucidating and Correcting Contracture Pathophysiology in an Animal Model. Podium presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 2019.

Nikolaou S, Hu L, Cornwall R. Inhibition of the 20S Proteasome Prevents Contracture Formation Following Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury. Podium presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, February 2019.
Little KJ, Segal D, Cornwall R, Kozin SH, Zlotlow DA, Soldado F. Outcomes of Isolated Spinal Accessory to Suprascapular Nerve Transfers for Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: A Multi-Center Study. International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany.  June 2019.

Cornwall R. “Plexus Nexus Update: Join the movement.” Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, February, 2019.

Little K. “Retropharyngeal cross-neck C7 nerve transfer for reconstruction of global injury in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.”  Pediatric Hand Surgery Group Meeting, Denver, CO, February, 2019.

2018 Presentations

Lee MJ, Plemmons A, Kim H, Eckstein K, Cornwall R. The Glenohumeral Joint in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury Cartilage and Shoulder Muscle Evaluation with T2 Relaxation Time Mapping and Correlation with Disease Severity. Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL November 2018.

Segal D, Cornwall R, Little K. Recovery of Shoulder Function Following Spinal Accessory Nerve to Suprascapular Nerve Transfer in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury. iPoster presentation. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Boston, MA September 2018.

Cornwall R. Moderator: “Brachial Plexus; Pediatric Hand Surgery: A Technique-Based Course for Fellows and Residents” American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September, 2018.

Cornwall R. “Brachial Plexus: Evaluation and primary reconstruction” American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September, 2018. 

Mehlman CT. “Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy: What the Heck Are the Risk Factors?” American Association for Justice 2018 Annual Convention, Denver, CO, July, 2018.

Cornwall R. Moderator: “Master Techniques in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.” Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, May, 2018

Little K. Retropharyngeal cross-neck C7 nerve transfer for reconstruction of global injury in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury. Toronto Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy Workshop, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 2018.

 

Cornwall R. “Plexus Nexus: Working together, speaking the same language.” Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting. Columbus, OH, April, 2018.

Cornwall R. “Humeral and Scapular Osteotomies in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury.” Philadelphia Hand Surgery Symposium, Pediatric Precourse, Philadelphia, PA, March 2018.

Cornwall R. Moderator: “Brachial Plexus.” Philadelphia Hand Course. Philadelphia, PA, March, 2018.

Cornwall, R. “Nerve Transfer Procedures about the Shoulder and Elbow.” Philadelphia Hand Course. Philadelphia, PA, March, 2018.

Cornwall R. “Shifting the Paradigm of Neuromuscular Contractures: Lessons from Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury.” POSNA Symposium at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2018.

Nikolaou S, Lilly T, Hu L, Cornwall R. The Role of Sympathetic Innervation in Postnatal Muscle Growth and Contractures Forming Following Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury. Poster presentation. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2018.

2017 Presentations

Nikolaou S, Hu L, Lilly, T, Cornwall R. The Role of Myonuclear Accretion in Muscle Growth and Contractures Following Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury. Poster presentation at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 7-9, 2017.
Mehlman CT, Michaud LJ, Louden EJ, Lippert WC, Allgier AJ, Foad SL. Pediatric Polytrauma: Navigating Gator Country -The Wisdom of Teams: The Evolution of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgical Care Delivery. Children’s Hospital Colorado Annual Orthopaedic Day Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 21, 2017.
Cornwall R, Nikolaou S, Hu L. Muscle stem cells in neonatal brachial plexus injury. Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February 24-25, 2017.

Abzug JM, Ying J, Mehlman CT. Assessment of Current Epidemiology and Risk Factors Surrounding Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy.  American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, January 2017.

2016 Presentations

Cornwall R, Godfrey J, Sitzman T, Louden E. Treatment of infantile shoulder dislocation following brachial plexus birth palsy. Podium Presentation at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, September 29-October 1, 2016.

Abzug JM, Ying J, Mehlman CT. Assessment of Current Epidemiology and Risk Factors Surrounding Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Austin, TX. September, 2016.

Nikolaou S, Hu J, Cornwall R. Satellite Cell Behavior Following Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury (NBPI). Poster Presentation at the Society for Muscle Biology Meeting: Development and Homeostasis of Skeletal Muscle in Health and Disease. Pacific Grove, CA, June 6-11, 2016.
Stein J, Cornwall R, Laor T, Zbojniewicz A, Carr P. The Effect of Scapular Position on MRI Measurements of Glenohumeral Dysplasia Caused by Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Podium Presentation at the International Pediatric Radiology Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois May 15-20, 2016.

Cornwall R, Stein J, Laor T, Zbojniewicz A. The Effect of Scapular Position on MRI Measurements of Glenohumeral Dysplasia Caused by Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May 6-7, 2016.

Cornwall R, Nikolaou S, Hu L. Targeting muscle stem cells to prevent contractures following neonatal brachial plexus injury. Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May 6-7, 2016.

Donohue KW, Little KJ, Kozin SH, Norton BD, Zlotolow DA. Comparison of Ultrasound and MRI for the Diagnosis of Glenohumeral Dysplasia in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN – April 27th, 2016

Cornwall R, Stein J, Laor T, Zbojniewicz A. The Effect of Scapular Position on MRI Measurements of Glenohumeral Dysplasia Caused by Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Podium Presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 27-30, 2016.

Cornwall R, Long J, Louden E, Delp S. Contracture Pathogenesis in neonatal brachial plexus palsy and cerebral palsy. Podium presentation at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 27-30, 2016.

Allgier A, Little K, Long J, Louden E, Garcia M. Motion Analysis Pre/Post Surgical Intervention in Children with Brachial Plexus Injuries. Podium Presentation at the Narakas International Brachial Plexus Meeting, Barcelona, Spain February 25-27, 2016.

Cornwall R, Stein J, Laor T, Zbojniewicz A. The Effect of Scapular Position on MRI Measurements of Glenohumeral Dysplasia Caused by Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Podium Presentation at the Narakas International Brachial Plexus Meeting, Barcelona, Spain February 25-27, 2016.

Schwentker A, Vu A, Louden E, Miller M, Yakuboff K. Virally mediated brachial plexus neuritis: a case sees and surgical algorithm. Podium Presentation at the Narakas International Brachial Plexus Meeting, Barcelona, Spain February 25-27, 2016.

Cornwall R, Godfrey J, Sitzman T, Louden E. Treatment of infantile shoulder dislocation following brachial plexus birth palsy. Podium Presentation at the Narakas International Brachial Plexus Meeting, Barcelona, Spain February 25-27, 2016.

Cornwall R, Nikolaou S, Hu L. Targeting muscle stem cells to prevent contractures following neonatal brachial plexus injury. Podium Presentation at the Narakas International Brachial Plexus Meeting, Barcelona, Spain February 25-27, 2016.

Schaeffer C, Sparkman D, Schwentker A. Motor recovery after birth-related brachial plexus resection and grafting.  Podium Presentation at the American Society of Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting.  Scottsdale, AZ. January 16, 2016.

Little K. Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy – Evaluation and treatment algorithms. Invited Lecture, Schneider Children’s Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel, November 2016.