Predictors of chronic pain and disability in patients treated conservatively after distal radius fracture: a prospective cohort study.

May Lai Mei LukAndy Chi Ming ChanJocelyn Sau Yee ChoDaisy Mei Ting NgIsa Chui Yi LamEdmund Leung Kai YauTiev Miller Marco Yiu Chung Pang

Published in: International orthopaedics (2023)

Off-cast NRS and HADS scores are important modifiable predictors of patient-reported pain and disability at 24 weeks in patients with DRF. These factors should be targeted in the prevention of chronic pain and disability post-DRF.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
patient reported
multiple sclerosis
pain management
hip fracture
neuropathic pain