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Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows (www.forbes.com)
submitted 4 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/science@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10495324

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/11/586.abstract

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Worth highlighting this part of the article since I've seen a number of people falsely claiming the opposite on lemmy.world lately:

Transgender women’s bone density was found to be equivalent to that of cisgender women, which is linked to muscle strength.

And this is not the first study showing this same trend

Similar findings have been echoed in previous reporting. According to a recent report that generated an in-depth review of all English-language scientific literature (published between 2011-2021) about transgender (trans) women athlete participation in elite sport, several key conclusions coincide with findings from the IOC funded study