Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

Kane Williamson, who had just made his return to the team in the last match, was hit on the thumb by a stray throw ... an X-ray confirmed 'an undisplaced fracture' to his left thumb.

[5,6] Most patients had minimally displaced distal radial fractures. Both trials found no significant differences in either anatomical or functional outcomes after 9 months [5] and one year [6 ...