---
title: "University of Portsmouth Research Group in Breast Health"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "concept"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "University of Portsmouth Research Group in Breast Health"
aliases: ["Portsmouth Research Group in Breast Health","Portsmouth breast health group"]
first_seen: "2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Joanna Wakefield-Scurr","breast biomechanics","sports bra design","figure-of-eight breast displacement","motion capture"]
---


The institutional home, led by [[entity-joanna-wakefield-scurr|Joanna Wakefield-Scurr]], behind most of the vault's primary breast-biomechanics claims: the 2009 figure-of-eight motion-capture finding, the 2010 breast-velocity/discomfort correlation, a 2013 strain-and-acceleration study, and the 2022 Adidas sports-bra collaboration that produced the popular "F1 g-force" comparison. The group states its own database has run "since 2005," a history thread noted but not yet pursued in the vault. Recurring across at least two separate capture sessions (2026-07-09, 2026-07-27) and grounding three-plus claim-notes — the bar this vault sets for an entity hub.

## References
- [[claim-breast-displacement-figure-eight-motion-capture-2009]] — 2009 figure-of-eight motion-capture study
- [[claim-wakefield-scurr-attributed-f1-breast-acceleration-comparison]] — 2022 F1-comparison attribution
- [[claim-3g-breast-acceleration-figure-traces-to-tier4-blog-not-primary]] — further-lead papers from this group (2010, 2013) not yet confirmed for a peak-g figure