Citation

Sahin A, Dane S, Seven B, Akar S, Yildirim S. Percept. Mot. Skills 2009; 109(3): 824-830.

Affiliation

Atatürk University, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20178282

Abstract

Left-handedness was reported to be a risk factor for accident-related injuries, head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, sport-related injuries, and bone breaks and fractures. As decreased bone mineral density is a good marker of bone fractures, the femoral bone mineral densities of normal left-handed university students were compared with those of right-handed students. Hand preference of 66 men and 47 women was assessed using the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Measures of bone mineral density with a Hologic QDR-4500W (S/N 48403) densitometer showed bone mineral densities of both right and left proximal femur regions were higher in right-handed than in left-handed students. These results are consistent with the claim that left-handed participants had higher trauma and injury risk. Also, these results may explain the sex-related differences by handedness for susceptibility in accident-related injuries such as bone fractures.

Language: en