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Do Colles' fracture patients benefit from routine referral to physiotherapy following cast removal?
C F Watt1, N F Taylor, K Baskus
1Physiotherapy Department, Warrnambool and District Hospital, Warnambool, Victoria, Australia.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|September 1, 2000
Abstract:
Colles' fracture patients who received physiotherapy immediately following cast removal were compared with patients who received no active therapy following cast removal in a prospective randomised study. Patients who attended physiotherapy achieved significantly greater increases in wrist extension and grip strength after 6 weeks compared to patients who received no active therapy.