What this means
This is a plan to test whether bras made for larger busts can ease neck, shoulder, arm, and back pain. The study is still recruiting, so no results are available yet.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 18–60
- Where
- 1 site, including Texas
The science
- Registered title
- Hormones, Outcomes, and Pain Pathways in Exercise Study
- Trial ID
- NCT07579182 ↗
- Phase
- PHASE 1
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Breast Pain, Mastalgia, Back Pain, Back Pain, Low, Neck Pain, Chest Pain, Activity, Motor, Healthy Aging, Weight, Body, Inflammation, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Neuronal Plasticity, Neuromuscular Manifestations
- What is tested
- Interventional Sports bra
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
- Ages
- 18 Years to 60 Years
- Dates
- First posted May 12, 2026 · updated Jun 2, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of the proposed project is to evaluate a mechanical intervention (sports bras designed specifically for full busted women) to alleviate neck, shoulder, arm, and back pain in full-busted women and investigate the contribution of non-mechanical pathways associated with this type of pain in women. Specifically, the investigators will investigate how sex-hormones, inflammation, and remapping of specific regions of the brain contribute to the manifestation of neck, shoulder, arm, and back pain in full-busted women across the lifespan.
Sites (1)
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States