Prognostic factors for persistent pain after a distal radius fracture: a systematic review.
Catherine RollsDanielle A Van der WindtCandy McCabeOpeyemi O BabatundeElizabeth BradshawPublished in: Hand therapy (2022)
The associations between prognostic factors and persistent pain following a DRF are unclear. The small number of factors investigated in more than one study, along with poor reporting and methodological limitations contributed to an assessment of low to very low strength of evidence. Further prospective studies, investigating psychosocial factors as candidate predictors of multidimensional pain outcomes are recommended.