Study setting
fracture
This randomised clinical trial was conducted in two tertiary hospitals. A random sample of patients with distal radius fracture were recruited between 2020 and 2021. They were provided with and signed written informed consent forms before enrolment. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the related Ethics Committee (approval number: IR.MUMS.REC.1397.697). This study is registered at Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT) with approval code of IRCT20200313046759N1 at 25/10/2021. The conduction of this research accords with the Declaration of Helsinki and adheres to the CONSORT guidelines [