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Flashback Friday: Breasts don’t just bounce; they do figure-eights.

Discover how breast displacement during walking and running impacts bra design and assesses movement in three dimensions.

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Photo: flickr/…love MaeganFor this week's Flashback Friday, we're revisiting a post from the old NCBI ROFL blog. Back in the day we were mostly writing for our fellow scientists, so we simply posted the abstract of the research article and let our readers make of it what they would. Although the result was was hit or miss with our lay readers (which is why we ended up writing a introductory blurb for our Seriously, Science? posts), we think this one is definitely a "hit". But whether it should be read by most people... well, we'll leave that to you to decide!Breast displacement in three dimensions during the walking and running gait cycles. “This study aimed to assess the trajectory of breast displacement in 3 dimensions during walking and running gait, as this may improve bra design and has yet to be reported. Fifteen D-cup participants had reflective markers attached to ...

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