The study of human breast movement is a topic of great interest to many people. Careful, repeated, and sustained observation of this phenomenon is an essential field in physics as a pure science. As an applied science, the knowledge gained from the exhaustive study of this movement can be used for the development of sports bras.
Douglas Powell is an expert on breast movement. He's a doctoral student in biomechanics and the director of the Breast Biomechanics Research Center at the University of Memphis. UPI reports on a recent study that Powell and his colleagues have published about sports bras.
The study had 12 women with bra cup sizes ranging from B to D run on a treadmill with sports bras rated with low and high support, as well as bare-chested.
The study concluded that uncontrolled breast movement during running impaired the knee joints, causing pain as well as reducing performance. The women wearing high support sports bras exhibited a 7% improved running performance.
-via Instapundit | Photo: Andrea Piacquadio