The left hand second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) does not discriminate world-class female gymnasts from age matched sedentary girls

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Peeters, Maarten W ^a   Claessens, Albrecht L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOMATOTYPE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGERS; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84863097991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040270     Document Type: Article

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