Wrist guards don’t prevent all snowboard injuries
Sam Savage
By Charnicia E. Huggins
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Snowboarders who use wrist
guards to prevent hand injuries may unwittingly increase their
risk of injuring their elbow, upper arm or shoulder, new study
findings, reported by researchers in Canada, show.
“The results were consistent in showing that wrist guards
were protective for hand-forearm injuries but possibly harmful
for elbow-shoulder injuries,” Dr. Brent Hagel, of the
University of Alberta in Edmonton, and colleagues write in
American..