Prenatal programming of sporting success: Associations of digit ratio (2D:4D), a putative marker for prenatal androgen action, with world rankings in female fencers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 625-632

  Bescós, Raul ^a   Esteve, Marc ^a   Porta, Jordi ^a   Mateu, Mercé ^a   Irurtia, Alfredo ^a   Voracek, Martin ^b  

^a National Institute of Sports Sciences of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digit ratio (2D:4D); Fencing; Hormonal masculinisation; Prenatal programming; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RUNNING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINGERS; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOMATOTYPES; TRACK AND FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650263871     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802707029     Document Type: Article

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