Comprehensive Care for Children with CP and Neuromotor Conditions

Nicklaus Children’s Cerebral Palsy and Neuromotor Comprehensive Care Center offers services and treatments for children with neurological motor conditions and disorders such a cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and other conditions that affect movement.

Proper Care and Treatment for Brachial Plexus Injuries
Struggling with a brachial plexus injury can be a confusing and challenging experience for both a child and their parents. At Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Program, we focus on the highest quality care and treatments for children with these injuries.

Neural-Enabled Prosthetic Hand (NEPH) System Developed at FIU restores sensation to first human subject
The NEPH system, developed at Florida International University by Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory team, restores a sense of touch/grasp force and hand opening by stimulating sensory nerve fibers in the residual limb with fine wires implanted inside nerves. Implantation of the device was performed by Dr. Aaron Berger and his team from Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Berger is a hand and peripheral nerve surgeon who holds an appointment in FIU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

Miami Children's Hospital Performs First Nerve Repair Surgery Using Avance Nerve® Graft Technology
The Avance® Nerve Graft isa valuable new tool that is changing how the surgical reconstruction of injured brachial plexus nerves is approached. Dr. John A. I. Grossman used this new technology to repair a brachial plexus injury on a 6 month-old baby girl.