Digit ratio (2D:4D) and rowing ergometer performance in males and females

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-341

  Longman, D ^a   Stock, J T ^a   Wells, J C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D; digit ratio; rowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; DIGIT RATIO; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ROWING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79951470131     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21407     Document Type: Article

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