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Left-handedness in professional basketball: prevalence, performance, and survival
Tyler P Lawler1, Frank H Lawler
1School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham.
Abstract:
Performance and handedness data were examined for 3,647 professional basketball players who participated in at least five games during the period between 1946 and 2009. Left-handed players comprised 5.1% of all professional basketball players compared to the 11% prevalence in the general population. Left-handers had better performance averages, in terms of the number of points, rebounds, and blocks over their careers, as well as other measures, and had significantly longer careers than right-handed players. Handedness was not significantly related to mean or median life expectancy.
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