Taylor R. Lara, MD, and colleagues randomly assigned 51 patients who underwent volar open reduction and internal fixation for distal radius fractures to receive either face-to-face hand therapy ...

Distal radius fractures (DRFs) are common upper extremity injuries that often result in pain, limited mobility, and impaired ...

Background Distal radius fractures is the most common fracture in childhood. [1] Most of these fractures are treated conservatively in a plaster and complications are rare.

This brief review covers the new guidelines on treating distal radius fractures from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Stable distal radius fracture fixation possible with threaded pinning method With this method, fractured wrists typically reached over 90% normal motion by 1 year postop.

Learn more about a broken wrist -- also called a Colles' fracture or distal radius fracture -- from the experts at WebMD.

A distal radius fracture is a common bone fracture of the radius in the forearm. This type of injury is often called a wrist fracture because of its proximity to the wrist joint.

These trials involved 158 fractures at 3 different sites: the tibial shaft, the distal radius and the scaphoid.