LAS VEGAS — Patients 60 years of age or older reported satisfaction with treatment of distal radius fractures when they recovered slightly more than half of their grip strength and two-thirds of their wrist arc of motion, according to results presented here.

Sarah Sasor , MD, and colleagues randomly assigned 190 patients aged 60 years or older with isolated distal radius fractures to undergo volar plating, closed reduction and pinning, or external fixation. Sasor noted they also analyzed patients who met surgical criteria but preferred casting.