Inclusion Criteria:  Stable distal radial fractures (volar tilt <10° dorsal tilt, <2mm impaction, <2mm articular depression) 18 - 65 years, professional active  Exclusion Criteria:  associated lesions, open fractures, unstable, displaced fractures neurological disorder affecting the upper limb, history of wrist lesion involving the same wrist, dementia, substance abuse, severe psychiatric disorder and previous injured contralateral wrist