A Colles’ wrist fracture occurs when the radius bone in your forearm breaks. It’s also known as a distal radius fracture, transverse wrist fracture, or a dinner-fork deformity of the wrist. It’s named ...

Management of Colle’s fracture depends on the degree of its severity. A simple cast or a protective splint may be sufficient to support the fracture if there is no displacement of the bone or if the ...

A broken wrist is what we often call a Colles fracture. Despite this, it is the radius bone in the forearm that breaks and not the carpal bones of the wrist. The radius is the larger of the two bones ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with nonsurgically treated Colles’ fractures, ibuprofen reduced pain without causing changes in ...

A Colles fracture is a break in one of the forearm bones near the wrist that commonly requires physical therapy after a period of immobilization. The exercises used in physical therapy are focused on ...

Your radius is one of the two bones in your forearm, along with the ulna. It’s the bone that attaches closest to your thumb. A radius fracture, sometimes called a radial fracture, is a break of this ...

Off-axis loads cause failure of the distal radius at lower magnitudes than axial loads: A side-to-side experimental study. RE: Aliuskevicius M, Ostgaard SE, Hauge EM, et al. 2019. Influence of ...

The case report of a weightlifter who sustained a Colles fracture is described. Wrist injuries sustained in weightlifitng are reviewed. They highlight the need for proper instruction and supervision ...

What is a Colles’ Fracture? A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called a ''broken wrist.'' In France it’s sometimes called a “Pouteau-Colles” fracture. Technically, it's a ...