Unilateral Training of the Uninjured Limb on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Surgically Treated Radius Fracture

Protocol based on the best available evidence and to be used in all participants in both groups. The standard rehabilitation protocol will consist of three postoperative phases: Mobilization (0 to 4 weeks), Strengthening (4 to 8 weeks) and Functional phase (8 to 12 weeks). Sessions will be held 3 times a week for 12 weeks. Each session will last 1 hour and will consist of different modalities of therapeutic exercise and cryotherapy.

Participants will be seated in an armchair with armrests and will perform 4 sets of 8 repetitions of an eccentric exercise for the pronosupinator muscles with a dumbbell with adjustable weights. The training will start with an intensity of 60% of 1RM, until reaching 80% 1RM.

Participants will be seated in an armchair with armrests and will perform 4 sets of 8 repetitions of an active mobility exercise for the pronation-supination muscles using a plastic rod.