Sexual activity after total hip arthroplasty: a motion capture study

Charbonnier, Caecilia; Chague, Sylvain; Ponzoni, Matteo; Bernardoni, Massimiliano; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Christofilopoulos, Panayiotis

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2013.07.043

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Sexual activity after total hip arthroplasty: a motion capture study

Contributors

Charbonnier, Caecilia

; Chague, Sylvain; Ponzoni, Matteo; Bernardoni, Massimiliano; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Christofilopoulos, Panayiotis

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The Journal of arthroplasty, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 640-647

Publication date

2014

Abstract

Relative risk of impingement and joint instability during sexual activities after total hip arthroplasty (THA) has never been objectively investigated. Hip range of motion necessary to perform sexual positions is unknown. A motion capture study with two volunteers was performed. 12 common sexual positions were captured and relevant hip joint kinematics calculated. The recorded data were applied to prosthetic hip 3D models to evaluate impingement and joint instability during motion. To explore the effect of acetabular component positioning, nine acetabular cup positions were tested. Four sexual positions for women requiring intensive flexion (> 95°) caused prosthetic impingements (associated with posterior instability) at 6 cup positions. Bony impingements (associated with anterior instability) occurred during one sexual position for men requiring high degree of external rotation (> 40°) combined with extension and adduction at all cup positions. This study hence indicates that some sexual positions could be potentially at risk after THA, particularly for women.

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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Chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique (98)

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CHARBONNIER, Caecilia et al. Sexual activity after total hip arthroplasty: a motion capture study. In: The Journal of arthroplasty, 2014, vol. 29, n° 3, p. 640–647. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.07.043

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PID : unige:35882
DOI : 10.1016/j.arth.2013.07.043
PMID : 24018159

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0883-5403

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Sexual activity after total hip arthroplasty: a motion capture study

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