Four meta-analyses across 164 studies on atypical footedness prevalence and its relation to handedness.

ABSTRACT: Human lateral preferences, such as handedness and footedness, have interested researchers for decades due to their pronounced asymmetries at the population level. While there are good estimates on the prevalence of handedness in the population, there is no large-scale estimation on the prevalence of footedness. Furthermore, the relationship between footedness and handedness still remains elusive. Here, we conducted meta-analyses with four different classification systems for footedness on 145,135 individuals across 164 studies including new data from the ALSPAC cohort. The study aimed to determine a reliable point estimate of footedness, to study the association between footedness and handedness, and to investigate moderating factors influencing footedness. We showed that the prevalence of

SUBMITTER: Packheiser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7468297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature