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What does the doctor need to see to clear a patient for sports after a fractured wrist?
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Variable: Fracture healed on xr, minimal to no tenderness to palpation over fracture, nearly full if not full motion and strength.
Answered 8/9/2012
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Healing: There needs to be sufficient healing on clinical exam and xrays to allow the wrist to sustain the stress of whatever sport is desired.
Answered 8/16/2012
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