<prompt> Functional bracing is now the gold standard in the nonoperative management of which fractures?Fracture shaft humerusFracture of both bones of the forearmFracture shaft tibiaFracture shaft Femur  <response>: FUNCTIONAL BRACINGprinciple-it relies on the hydrostatic splintage of the fracture due to contraction of muscles in a tight compament it has now become the gold standard of conservative management of humerus fracturesRefer: Mohindras Fundamentals of Ohopedics, 2nd edition, pg no. 81 