Development of a therapist-supervised flexibility and resistance exercise intervention for adults aged 50 years and over with a distal radius fracture in the Wrist Injury Strengthening Exercise (WISE) trial
Warren Sheehan, Sarah E Lamb, Colin P Forde, Cynthia Srikesavan, Phillipa J A Nicolson, Elizabeth Tutton, Jenny Gould, Richard Grant, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Matthew L Costa, David J Keene · 2026
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Description
A broken wrist is common after fifty, and guided exercise may speed the return of strength and bend. Warren Sheehan and co-authors describe how they built such an exercise program in this 2026 paper. The program is part of a large trial called WISE, run at many centers. The trial compares usual care advice alone with the same advice plus sessions guided by a therapist.
The team built the program step by step under national guidance for complex health programs. They drew on clinical guidelines, past trial results, and leaflets given to patients in the health service. They also weighed the common problems seen after this fracture, such as stiffness and weak grip. Both bend work and resistance work are in the plan. Papers like this let other teams copy the program exactly.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Warren Sheehan, Sarah E Lamb, Colin P Forde, Cynthia Srikesavan, Phillipa J A Nicolson, Elizabeth Tutton, Jenny Gould, Richard Grant, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Matthew L Costa, David J Keene |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |