Mean (and range) peak breast skin strain (%) and peak breast skin strain rate (%·s-1) during standing, walking (1.4 m∙s-1) and running (2.8 m∙s-1) with no breast support, low support and high support, and effect sizes (d or r) across breast support conditions (n=39, breast size range of 32C to 36G)
| Standing | Walking | Running | |||||||
| No support | Low support | High support | No support | Low support | High support | No support | Low support | High support | |
| Peak breast skin strain (%) | 31*† (14 to 74) | 24* (11 to 47) | 23† (11 to 44) | 36*† (16 to 72) | 26* (14 to 49) | 24† (13 to 47) | 46‡ (25 to 93) | 35‡ (19 to 62) | 28‡ (17 to 57) |
| Effect sizes (d or r) | ≥0.350 | ≥0.117 | ≥0.117 | ≥0.554 | ≥0.199 | ≥0.199 | ≥0.570 | ≥0.499 | ≥0.499 |
| Peak breast skin strain rate (%·s-1) | 130‡ (36 to 337) | 67‡ (31 to 158) | 46‡ (21 to 113) | 610‡ (194 to 1285) | 377‡ (130 to 757) | 237‡ (79 to 968) | |||
| Effect sizes (d or r) | ≥0.616 | ≥0.490 | ≥0.490 | ≥1.088 | ≥0.912 | ≥0.912 | |||
Strong effect sizes (>0.5) are identified in bold.
*Significant difference between the no support and low support conditions only.
†Significant difference between the no support and high support conditions only.
‡Significant difference between all breast support conditions at p<0.05.