American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline on

Epidemiology of distal radius fractures and factors predicting risk and prognosis

“…Surprisingly, clinical practice guidelines and systematic reviews summarizing effective treatment and rehabilitation of DRF do not report this recommendation. 101,102 Studies from the United States, [103][104][105] Canada, 106,107 Ireland, 108 and many other countries 109,110 reported that only 10%-20% of patients with DRF were assessed and treated for OP. A narrative review 93 and a number of research studies 23,90,92,95,111 suggest that rehabilitation therapists who treat DRF have a unique opportunity and skill set to screen and target appropriate interventions, such as exercises for improving dynamic balance, for those who are at a significant risk of future falls and osteoporotic fractures.…”

Internal fixation versus conservative treatment for displaced distal radius fractures: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

“…A trend toward selection of open reduction and internal fixation has been identified. [5] Using diverse document retrieval systems, many meta-analyses of external fixation vs internal fixation for distal radius fractures were found that identified significantly better functional outcome of internal fixation. [6][7][8] Only one meta-analy-…”

Analysis of the Arthroscopically Diagnosed Soft-Tissue Injuries Associated With the Distal Radius Fractures

“…Inclusion criteria were: acute distal radius fracture in patients with mature sceleton, age 18-65 years (this excludes the influence of the clinically relevant osteoporosis [12]), operative treatment indicated (regardless of the type of the fixation method used [13]). Exclusion criteria were: fracture in patients with unfused epiphyses, concomitant carpal or hand fractures on the initial radiographs (carpal fracture), neuro-vascular injury.…”