conform to an average individual fig7 shows the application of the wrist splint to a stocky muscular individual this individual has a muscular forearm with a wide divergence angle 80 if the wrist splint is tightened conventionally it will cinch tightly at forearm end 84 while remaining too loose at hand end 82 however the fact that radius tab 12 may be repositioned allows the user to adjust both the distance between the upper and lower panels and the taper between them for the patient shown in fig7 radius tab 12 is pulled toward forearm end 84 lace 14 passes continuously through the eight eyes on the top panel the bottom panel and the radius tab the use of a cord type lace allows the lace to pass through the eyes with relatively little friction thus when the radius tab is deliberately pulled toward forearm end 84 as shown this motion tightens the portions of lace 14 lying proximate hand end 82 before the portions lying proximate forearm end 84 draw tight the lace tends to u201c adjust itself u201d by portions passing through some of the eyes so that tension is evened out once the radius tab is pulled in this direction and the desired degree of taper is achieved it is pressed down against the loop material covering the exterior of the.