Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a distal radius fracture who have undergone an open reduction and internal fixation using a volar FCR approach with a single volar plate * Patients who can read, write, and follow direction in English * Willing to undergo occupational therapy at Northwestern Medicine's Hand Surgery clinic Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing oncologic surgery * Patients who undergo simultaneous surgery such as open carpal tunnel * Patients who only require closed reduction of distal radius fractures * Operative patients that require dorsal plate fixation or separate radial styloid plate fixation