The Claim
Transgender women undergoing long-term feminizing hormone therapy maintain a statistically significant advantage in push-up performance compared to cisgender women, despite reductions in absolute muscle mass, and this difference persists beyond four years of treatment, suggesting that upper-body strength disparities may endure despite current hormone suppression protocols.
What the research says
Roughly balanced
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Even after years of hormone therapy, transgender women might still be able to do more push-ups than cisgender women on average, possibly because some strength differences stick around longer than expected.
See the scientific wording
Despite reductions in absolute muscle mass, transgender women on long-term feminizing hormone therapy maintain a statistical advantage in push-up performance compared to cisgender women, even after 4 years of treatment, suggesting that upper-body strength differences may persist beyond current hormone suppression guidelines.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: The Impact of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on Physical Performance
The study found that transgender women on hormone therapy still do more push-ups than cisgender women after 4 years, even though their muscle mass goes down.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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