Sarmiento introduced the conservative method of functional bracing in the 1980s [7, 8], and several subsequent studies have shown no difference in radiographic outcome between functional bracing and plaster cast fixation in moderately displaced and reduced distal radius fracture [9, 10]. Only one study has shown inferior radiographic results after early mobilisation in a functional brace compared with cast immobilisation of displaced and reduced fractures. In this study, even severely displaced fractures were included [11]. Thus, most of the studies on early mobilisation in distal radius fractures have shown that the conventional plaster cast provides very limited or no additional effect on the final displacement of reduced distal radius fractures when compared with fractures treated with less rigid fixation.