Quinlan NJ, Patton CM, Johnson RJ, et al. - In this study, the incidence and severity of wrist fractures in skiers and snowboarders were compared. Between the years 1972 and 2012, a university-run orthopedic clinic at the base of a major ski resort has maintained an injury database spanning. Researchers obtained demographic information, equipment type, ability level, trail type and conditions, number of falls, circumstances surrounding the injury, and radiographs on participants sustaining wrist fractures and correlated with uninjured control participants asked the same questions, but in reference to their last fall where no injury resulted. They distinguished a total of 679 wrist fractures during the 40-year period. In comparison with skiers, wrist fractures occur at 18 times the greater incidence in snowboarders. The outcomes revealed that skiers with wrist fractures were beginners, males younger than 16, women older than 50, or those who had less participation. It was shown that snowboarders sustaining wrist fractures were younger than 18 or had less experience.