Recent Research From the Brachial Plexus Team
As a leader in evidence-based medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Brachial Plexus team is actively involved in both basic science and clinical research.
Our basic science research focuses on muscle growth and preserving muscle tissue.
Our clinical studies examine surgical and treatment outcomes for children with brachial plexus injuries (BPBI) including data captured in our Motion Analysis Laboratory. We also collaborate with colleagues at other pediatric centers to lead and participate in several multi-center studies.
Our interdisciplinary team has successfully contributed to BPBI science over the past five years through 18 peer reviewed publications and 66 national and international presentations.
Publications include:
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Journal of Children
- Journal of Hand Surgery
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
- Muscle Nerve
- OR nursing
- Pediatric Psychology
Presentations include:
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting
- American Society of Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting
- International Pediatric Radiology Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition
- Narakas International Brachial Plexus Symposium
- National Conference in Pediatric Psychology
- Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting
- Pediatric Hand Study Group Annual Meeting
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting
- Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting
- Society for Muscle Biology Meeting
- Toronto Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy Workshop
- United Brachial Plexus Network Family Camp
- Visiting Professorships at a variety of locations upon invitation
See a full list of team presentations.
More Research
The Brachial Plexus Center features active clinical research and multicenter research studies.
In the Cornwall / Goh Lab, members are actively involved in clinical research regarding contractures and other aspects of neonatal brachial plexus injuries (NBPI). As an example of this important work, the sarcomere elongation the lab identified as central to contracture phenotype in the lab's mouse model has now been identified in humans with NBPI-related contractures using a novel needle microendoscope to nondestructively image and measure sarcomere lengths in vivo.
Roger Cornwall, MD, also founded Plexus Nexus, an international working group of surgeons, therapists, scientists, engineers, and other experts in brachial plexus injuries. The goal of this group is to identify the top priorities for improvement in care of brachial plexus injuries and to assemble collaborative teams to address them.
For more information on on-going studies, publications, grants and presentations from the Brachial Plexus Center: learn more.
