DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE

This study is testing whether placing a special dissolvable gel between a metal plate and wrist tendons can improve healing after wrist fracture surgery. Researchers will compare 50 patients who receive the gel during surgery to those who do not. They will measure how well the te…

This study is testing if simply putting a cast on a broken wrist works as well as the standard method of realigning the bone first. It involves 532 people aged 65 and older who broke their wrist in a simple fall. The main goal is to see if both methods lead to similar levels of p…

This study is testing whether encouraging people to carefully use their hand for daily tasks early on, while their broken wrist is still in a cast, leads to better recovery. Researchers will compare two groups of 64 adults with this type of fracture: one gets extra guidance on ha…

This study tests whether using an ultrasound machine to guide a pain-numbing injection works better than the traditional 'blind' method for treating broken wrists. Researchers will compare pain levels in 115 adults with wrist fractures who receive one of the two injection techniq…

This study is testing if a home-based light therapy device can help people recover faster after surgery for a broken wrist. Forty-two participants will use either a real or a fake device daily for 12 weeks, along with standard exercises. Researchers will measure pain, wrist funct…

This study aims to understand if a patient's fear of moving their injured wrist (kinesiophobia) can predict how well they recover. Researchers will enroll 34 adults who broke their wrist near the hand and were treated without surgery. They will measure patients' fear levels, wris…