{"id":11657,"date":"2025-07-18T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=11657"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:09:38","slug":"safe-activity-participation-following-total-hip-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2025\/07\/18\/safe-activity-participation-following-total-hip-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Activity Participation Following Total Hip Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Key words: total hip replacement, sports, activity, safety<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Why is this study important?<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the most common and successful surgeries worldwide for relieving hip arthritis. In recent decades, younger and active individuals are getting THR, and and they are increasingly hoping to continue high-level activities after surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, no definitive guidelines exist to inform surgeons and patients as to which activities are safe following THR. Recent survey studies have found that activity participation recommendations vary greatly among individual surgeons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The SAFE-T <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/bjsports\/59\/9\/676.full.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> set out to answer this: Are certain types or intensities of activity linked to higher risks or worse outcomes after hip replacement? (1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How did the study go about this?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The SAFE-T study was a prospective longitudinal parallel cohort study that followed 1,098 people who had a primary total hip replacement, in two groups:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Group 1: From pre-operative to 5 years post-operative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Group 2: From 5 to 10 years after surgery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baseline demographic and surgical information was collected at the initial visit. Annual follow-up surveys were administered to quantify the type and amount of activity completed, presence of hip pain during activity, hip-related quality of life\/patient-reported outcome measures, and occurrence of any complications or repeat hip surgeries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activity data were grouped into 6 categories (A to F) based on biomechanical studies measuring torque forces on the hip joint. Over 50 activities were grouped into these 6 categories, ranging from lowest intensity activities (category A \u2013 eg: aquafit, fishing, snorkelling) to the highest intensity activities (category F \u2013 eg: squash, tennis, basketball).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duration of each activity (hrs\/month), hip pain (yes\/no), and other variables (eg: revision, complications, etc..) were used to construct regression models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>What did the study find?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, 20.6% of all activity (hours\/month) was in the highest intensity categories (E and F), completed by 11% of participants\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The key finding is that subjects<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">who engaged in high-intensity sports did <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have higher rates of fractures, implant loosening, revision surgery, or worse quality of life compared to those doing lower-intensity activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There was no clear link between activity intensity and pain overall, but regression analysis showed that some specific activities (like snowboarding, squash, tennis, and backpacking) were moderately associated with hip pain during activity (r &gt; 0.60). Others (like swimming, aquafit, snorkelling, home weights, sledding, and cross-country skiing) were linked with <\/span><b>less pain<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>What are the key take-home points?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This study found that participation in high-intensity activity after THR does not appear to cause harm or increase the risk of complications over 10 years. Surgeons can caution patients that some high-impact activities might lead to more hip pain during activity, even if they don\u2019t cause long-term problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11658\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/07\/Safe-Activity-Participation-Following-Total-Hip-Replacement-infographic-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/07\/Safe-Activity-Participation-Following-Total-Hip-Replacement-infographic-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/07\/Safe-Activity-Participation-Following-Total-Hip-Replacement-infographic-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/07\/Safe-Activity-Participation-Following-Total-Hip-Replacement-infographic-640x800.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2025\/07\/Safe-Activity-Participation-Following-Total-Hip-Replacement-infographic.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>References<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shah A, Whyne C, Kiss A on behalf of the SAFE-T investigators, et al. Safe Activity participation Following Elective Total hip replacement: the SAFE-T investigation, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British Journal of Sports Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025;59:676-682.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Authors<\/strong>: Ajay Shah, Cari Whyne, Alexander Kiss, Hans Kreder, Dawit Gulta, Stephen Chen, Harman Chaudhry<\/span><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key words: total hip replacement, sports, activity, safety Why is this study important? Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the most common and successful surgeries worldwide for relieving hip arthritis. In recent decades, younger and active individuals are getting THR, and and they are increasingly hoping to continue high-level activities after surgery. 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