An investigation into the relationship between breast size, bra size and mechanical back pain
Item
- Title
- An investigation into the relationship between breast size, bra size and mechanical back pain
- Author(s)
- Arnott Natasha
- Abstract
- Objective: An observational study to determine if bra fit is a contributor to musculoskeletal back and neck pain. Design: Using a modified Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire and measuring participant’s chest and cup size. Setting: Within the British School of Osteopathy. Methods: Measuring female student bra sizes using the current standard method of UK bra measurements, as stated by Greenbaum (2003) see Appendix 7. Subjects: Sixty female BSO 3rd and 4th year students aged between 20-50 years, 30 with no specific mechanical back and neck pain, and 30 that were asymptomatic. Results: There was a statistical difference in the participants perceived cup size and between the two groups (U= 313, p>0.038) with the pain group overestimating their cup size and underestimating their band size. There was a significant difference between the perception and the actual values for cup size, chest size (inches) and cup measurement (inches) between the 2 groups (p
- Abstract
- Objective: An observational study to determine if bra fit is a contributor to musculoskeletal back and neck pain. Design: Using a modified Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire and measuring participant’s chest and cup size. Setting: Within the British School of Osteopathy. Methods: Measuring female student bra sizes using the current standard method of UK bra measurements, as stated by Greenbaum (2003) see Appendix 7. Subjects: Sixty female BSO 3rd and 4th year students aged between 20-50 years, 30 with no specific mechanical back and neck pain, and 30 that were asymptomatic. Results: There was a statistical difference in the participants perceived cup size and between the two groups (U= 313, p>0.038) with the pain group overestimating their cup size and underestimating their band size. There was a significant difference between the perception and the actual values for cup size, chest size (inches) and cup measurement (inches) between the 2 groups (p
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2010
- Date Submitted
- 31.5.2011 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Pub-Identifier
- 14930
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- bra size, breast size, musculoskeletal mechanical pain, correlation, neck pain, thorax pain, lumbar pain
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Arnott Natasha, “An investigation into the relationship between breast size, bra size and mechanical back pain”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 14, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/1822