Hormones, Outcomes, and Pain Pathways in Exercise Study
This study is looking at how different sports bras affect pain in full-busted women. Researchers want to see if wearing a specific sports bra (either the Bounceless bra or Shefit Ultimate bra) for three months can help reduce neck, shoulder, arm, and back pain. They are also investigating how hormones and inflammation might play a role in this type of pain. You may be able to join if you are a woman between 18 and 60 years old, right-handed, and wear a bra band size between 32-40 inches. The study aims to enroll 140 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study involving 140 women. It is not specified if the study is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- You would participate in one online testing session and up to four in-person testing sessions. You will use a provided sports bra for 3 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your pain levels and physical activity will be measured at the beginning of the study and again 3 months later.
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Hormones, Outcomes, and Pain Pathways in Exercise Study
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Stacey L Gorniak, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Houston
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Pain MeasuresBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Qualitative assessment of pain via self-report (no units)
- Objective Pain MeasureBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Nociceptive Flexion Reflex Threshold (mV)
- Physical activityBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Frequency and duration of physical activity as measured via smartwatch
- AnthropometryBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Percent body fat (%)
- AnthropometryBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m²)
- Glycated HemoglobinBaseline and 3 months after baseline
A1c (%)
- LipidsBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)
- LipidsBaseline and 3 months after baseline
High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL) (mg/dL)
- Biomechanical DataBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Muscle activity (mV)
- Neuroimaging DataBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Oxygenated Hemoglobin (HbO) (p-value)
- Neuroimaging DataBaseline and 3 months after baseline
Deoxygenated Hemoglobin (HbR) (p-value)