Finger length linked to female sporting potential
The length of a girl’s ring finger could be
an indicator of her future sporting potential, researchers at King’s
College London said on Thursday.
Which hand is more competitive?
The length of a girl’s ring finger could be an indicator of her future sporting potential, researchers at King’s College London said on Thursday.
In the largest study of its kind, hand measurements of 607 female twins aged 25-79 from the UK were compared with the women’s lifetime sporting achievements.
The findings, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that women with ring fingers longer than their index fingers had performed better at running and associated running sports such as soccer and tennis.
In women the ring finger is commonly shorter or the same length as the index finger, while in men the ring finger is generally longer.
The report said detection of sporting potential by examining the ratio between the index and ring fingers “could help identify talented individuals at a pre-competitive stage.”
“Sporting potential”, eh? How will urban legends and other absurdities make use of this information?
Posted: Fri - September 29, 2006 at 10:15 AM