BACKGROUND: Wrist range of motion (ROM) is used to objectively evaluate treatment outcomes for wrist interventions. Wrist kinetics and kinematics are critical for diagnosing and treating traumatic or degenerative abnormalities in the wrist joint. In field hockey, wrist motions are crucial for selecting excellent shots like hockey wrist shots, snap shots, slap shots, etc. This study aimed to find the normative values of active ROMs (AROMs) of wrist joints for the hockey and non-athletic populations. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, purposive sampling was used to recruit 138 participants of both genders between 18 and 25 years of age. Players who played at the national level and played hockey =three days per week for the last three months were included. In the sitting position, AROMs were measured using a universal goniometer for flexion, extension, and radial and ulnar deviation. Descriptive statistics were used to find the normative reference values. RESULTS: The normality of the data was assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, which revealed not normal distribution. No significant differences were observed between hockey and non-athletic populations` wrist AROMs, the P-value for all movements was >0.05. Within-group analysis was done using the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test, which showed a non-significant (P>0.05) difference between right and left wrist AROMs in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: The key finding of the study was that flexion (left-side and right-side P values 0.03, 0.02) was greater than extension (left-side and right-side P-values 0.60, 0.62), but no major changes were seen in the range of dominant and non-dominant hands, P value >0.05. Female participants had a greater range compared to male participants on the basis of the mean and 95% CI, but no statistical changes were observed on the basis of the P value (P>0.05).
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