This document specifies the requirements and test methods for ergonomics, innocuousness, comfort/sizing, restraint, ability to limit wristextension and attenuate impact force on the palm as well as provisions for marking and instructions supplied by the manufacturer for wrist protectors for all users of snowboard equipment.

It does not apply to protectors used in roller sports, alpine skiing, or other sports. This document does not address protection for the forearm due to axial forces caused by an impact on the fingers or fist. Moreover, this document does not address protection against palmarflexion (terminal flexion) caused by an impact on the dorsal side of the hand.