Wrist guards are designed to supplement wrist strength by using a rigid volar plate, which reduces the impact force transmission by local load sharing and energy shunting and also increases the bending stiffness so as to reduce the likelihood of bending failure (Verdejo and Mills, 2004) What is the unintended consequence of this mechanism of protection?

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The unintended consequence of using wrist guards with a rigid volar plate is that energy shunting may be localised to the proximal forearm region, and there may be protection of the scaphoid but an increased likelihood of radius fracture.

Wrist Guards Are Designed to Supplement Wrist Strength by Using