 Clinical evaluations following functional bracing using patient-based outcome tools revealed a 20 nonunion rate in patients suffering a simple non-comminuted fracture. Invariably, this led to surgical intervention to achieve union. In those whose fracture healed with the splint, only 50 reported a full recovery while none of those requiring surgery for nonunion did so. This low rate of functional recovery may be due in part to the high rate of shoulder stiffness following functional bracing. Significant stiffness in the shoulder following functional bracing has ranged from 14-60 with an average of 40. 