Table 3.

Pearson’s correlations (r) between peak breast skin strain (%) and peak breast skin strain rate (%·s^-1) and nipple kinematics, breast pain and participant characteristics, during standing, walking and running (2.8 m∙s^-1) (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 strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate	Peak breast strain	Peak breast strain rate
Peak breast strain							1	0.626*	1	0.431*	1	0.160	1	0.837*	1	0.666*	1	0.565*
Peak breast strain rate							0.626*	1	0.431*	1	0.160	1	0.837*	1	0.666*	1	0.565*	1
Nipple range of motion
Anteroposterior							0.723*	0.583*	0.578*	0.573*	0.144	0.095	0.552*	0.670*	0.337*	0.439*	0.332*	0.241
Mediolateral							0.654*	0.722*	0.424*	0.492*	−0.003	0.264	0.660*	0.776*	0.370*	0.460*	0.181	0.596*
Superoinferior							0.284	0.398*	0.315	0.326*	−0.032	0.311	0.670*	0.843*	0.502*	0.818*	0.425*	0.852*
Peak nipple velocity
Anterior							0.627*	0.654*	0.450*	0.544*	0.292	0.155	0.599*	0.734*	0.321*	0.543*	0.273	0.237
Posterior							0.553*	0.577*	0.438*	0.542*	0.299	0.198	0.430*	0.593*	0.384*	0.550*	0.249	0.278
Lateral							0.632*	0.773*	0.385*	0.647*	0.283	0.479*	0.551*	0.740*	0.374*	0.495*	0.128	0.479*
Medial							0.601*	0.788*	0.458*	0.614*	0.293	0.479*	0.708*	0.843*	0.338	0.515*	0.106	0.506*
Superior							0.446*	0.785*	0.427*	0.784*	0.150	0.668*	0.576*	0.746*	0.478*	0.785*	0.440*	0.831*
Inferior							0.446*	0.815*	0.460*	0.838*	0.240	0.683*	0.622*	0.802*	0.499*	0.853*	0.434*	0.878*
Peak nipple acceleration
Anterior							0.521*	0.778*	0.441*	0.641*	0.197	0.127	0.417*	0.607*	0.344*	0.691*	0.191	0.407*
Posterior							0.522*	0.682*	0.434*	0.589*	0.231	0.189	0.349*	0.522*	0.227	0.540*	0.175	0.231
Lateral							0.541*	0.779*	0.432*	0.677*	0.281	0.446*	0.628*	0.838*	0.322*	0.517*	0.062	0.411*
Medial							0.579*	0.800*	0.409*	0.680*	0.270	0.482*	0.638*	0.829*	0.345*	0.564*	0.009	0.310
Superior							0.501*	0.816*	0.468*	0.834*	0.181	0.671*	0.569*	0.743*	0.501*	0.866*	0.393*	0.837*
Inferior							0.423*	0.813*	0.397*	0.836*	0.176	0.674*	0.603*	0.773*	0.487*	0.860*	0.425*	0.891*
Breast pain							0.105	0.077	0.104	0.214	0.199	−0.189	0.302	0.347*	0.338*	0.491*	0.063	−0.068
Left breast volume	0.668*		0.550*		0.328*		0.672*	0.333	0.502*	0.238	0.356*	0.420	0.661*	0.705*	0.505*	0.474*	0.391*	0.662*
Body mass	0.369*		0.198		0.433*		0.378*	−0.005	0.295	−0.009	0.489*	−0.188	0.397*	0.418*	0.466*	0.393*	0.446*	0.300
BMI	0.445*		0.456*		0.520*		0.503*	0.158	0.502*	0.172	0.600*	0.058	0.432*	0.460*	0.429*	0.403*	0.580*	0.609*
Age	0.171		0.018		0.066		0.174	0.165	0.084	−0.079	0.166	0.066	0.163	0.154	−0.014	−0.055	0.034	0.207
Underband	0.396*		0.300		0.375*		0.444*	0.080	0.485*	0.030	0.456*	−0.044	0.315	0.403*	0.374*	0.454*	0.415*	0.432*
Bust circumference	0.547*		0.405*		0.464*		0.581*	0.179	0.480*	0.161	0.481*	0.153	0.542*	0.618*	0.534*	0.548*	0.523*	0.532*

Moderate, high and very high correlations (r≥0.5) are identified in bold.

*Correlation is significant at p<0.05.

BMI, body mass index.