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Research & Investigations in Sports Medicine

Finger Index 2D: 4D Digit Ratio as an Indicator of Masculinization in Female Weightlifting Athletes

  • Open or CloseBugaevsky KA*

    Department of Medical and Biological Foundations of Sports and Physical Rehabilitation, The Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University, Ukraine

    *Corresponding author:Bugaevsky KA, Department of Medical and Biological Foundations of Sports and Physical Rehabilitation, The Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University, Ukraine

Submission: May 17, 2024;Published: June 05, 2024

DOI: 10.31031/RISM.2024.10.000740

ISSN: 2577-1914
Volume10 Issue3

Abstract

Based on the analysis and generalization of literary sources, as well as the results of a pedagogical experiment, the article provides data on the features of the 2D:4D Digit Ratio finger index in young female athletes involved in weightlifting. A significant group of athletes who participated in the study noted the inverse changes in sex somatotypes towards mesomorph and even andromorph.

Keywords: Female athletes; Adolescence; Weightlifting; Finger index 2D:4D digit ratio; Morpho functional changes, Sexual somatotypes, Masculinization

Abbreviations: SDI: Sexual Dimorphism Index; SW: Shoulder Width; PW: Pelvic Width; CMS: Candidate Master of Sports; MS: Master of Sports

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