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- Published on: 14 April 2009
- Published on: 17 March 2009
- Published on: 14 April 2009Left-handed advantage: an alternative explanationShow More
Dear Editor
Gursoy’s paper, “Effects of left- or right-hand preference on the success of boxers in Turkey”, is an interesting and important addition to the research literature on the effect of handedness in sport. However, we believe that the explanation of the cause of the advantage of left-handedness is misleading and needs correction.
Gursoy attributes the superior performance of left-handed boxers to...
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None declared. - Published on: 17 March 2009Response to Gursoy R - Br J Sports Med. 2009; 43:142-144Show More
Dear Editor,
I read with interest the recent article published in this journal about the left-handedness in boxing and the proclivity to success.[1] As Gursoy quotes in his paper, the rate of left-handedness in the general population ranges between 1 and 30% in different studies, but the body of medical sports literature on this topic is very small. If we consider the actual World Boxing Council (WBC) title-holders...
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