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  • Title: Infantile Erb's palsy (Smellie's palsy).
    Author: Johnson EW, Alexander MA, Koenig WC.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 1977 Apr; 58(4):175-8. PubMed ID: 849132.
    Abstract:
    Our experience with 32 infants seen with Erb's palsy, of whom 11 were followed as long as 18 years, suggests two management axioms. First, it is probably harmful to the infant to use airplane splints. Seocnd, passive stretching of the tight scapulohumeral adductors and passive normal range of motion exercises to shoulder and elbow will usually give a successful outcome in this obstetrical complication. Finally, even though the shoulder muscles regain their strenght, the "Erb engram" may remain as a mark of Erb's palsy.
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