RESEARCH ARTICLE
Relationship Between Brassiere Cup Size and Shoulder-Neck Pain in Women
Myint Oo1, 2, Zhuo Wang1, Toshihiko Sakakibara1, Yuichi Kasai*, 1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 6
First Page: 140
Last Page: 142
Publisher ID: TOORTHJ-6-140
DOI: 10.2174/1874325001206010140
Article History:
Received Date: 21/2/2012Revision Received Date: 7/3/2012
Acceptance Date: 9/3/2012
Electronic publication date: 4/4/2012
Collection year: 2012

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Abstract
There are very few reports in regard to relationship between breast size and shoulder-neck pain. The purpose of this study is to examine the correlations among breast size, brassiere cup size, and moment-in-time reporting of shoulderneck pain in a group of adult women. Three hundred thirty nine female volunteers from the hospital staff answered the questionnaire. Breast size, brassiere cup size, and shoulder-neck pain were self-reported by each participant. The relationship among breast size, brassiere cup size and shoulder-neck pain was investigated. Spearman’s test showed no significant relationship between shoulder-neck pain and brassiere cup size. However, after participants were classified into two groups (small brassiere cup size and large brassiere cup size with 219 and 120 participants, respectively), there was a significant positive correlation between shoulder-neck pain and large brassiere cup size (p<0.05). There was no significant relationship between shoulder-neck pain and breast size. In conclusion, large brassiere cup size is an important cause of shoulder-neck pain.