RESEARCH ARTICLE


Relationship Between Brassiere Cup Size and Shoulder-Neck Pain in Women



Myint Oo1, 2, Zhuo Wang1, Toshihiko Sakakibara1, Yuichi Kasai*, 1
1 Department of Spinal Surgery and Medical Engineering, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital, Myanmar


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* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Spinal Surgery and Medical Engineering, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu city, Mie 514-8507, Japan; Tel: +81-59-231-6024; Fax: +81-59-231-6032; E-mail: ykasai@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp


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.

Keywords: Breast size, brassiere cup size, female, neck pain, questionnaire survey, shoulder pain.