TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Wrist injuries in guarded versus unguarded first time snowboarders
JO  - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
A1  - Neill, DF
SP  - 91
EP  - 95
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IS  - 409
N2  - In 1999, a study was done examining the injury risk and pattern in first time snowboarders versus first time skiers. Although these rates were similar, snowboarders sustained a higher percentage of injuries to the upper extremity, particularly wrist sprains and fractures. As an extension of this previous study, the protective value during snowboarding of an off-the-shelf wrist guard originally designed for inline skating was tested. Two thousand three hundred fifty-five first time snowboarders were evaluated at one northeastern ski resort. Five hundred fifty-one snowboarders wore wrist guards and a control group of more than 1800 snowboarders did not wear wrist guards. Forty wrist injuries were sustained in the control group (2.2%), compared with no injuries (0%) in the snowboarders who wore wrist guards. Importantly, there was no increase in more proximal or distal upper extremity injuries in the group of snowboarders who wore wrist guards.
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SN  - 0009-921X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.blo.0000057785.10364.dc
ID  - ref1
ER  -