ReviewNature reviews. Urology2021
Clinical use and implications of sexual devices and sexually explicit media.
Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Rethinking sexual pleasure in research, health care and society.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Charting paths to sexual well-being: a comprehensive research agenda for fostering sexual health in Europe and beyond.International journal of impotence research · 2026Review
- Prevalence and characterization of the use of erotic toys in Colombian womenRevista colombiana de obstetricia y ginecologia · 2025Article
- Study on the Image Recognition of Field-Trapped AdultInsects · 2025Article
- Exploring sex toy use among 18-45-year-old Indian adults: insights from a nationwide online survey.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Global web trends analysis of sex toys.Sexual medicine · 2024Article
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- Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Review
- Sexual health and treatment-related sexual dysfunction in sexual and gender minorities with prostate cancer.Nature reviews. Urology · 2023Review
- Hybrid high- and low-molecular weight chains of hyaluronan is an effective modality treatment for increasing female sexual satisfaction: An interventional, randomized-control parallel study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Sexual Behaviour and Fantasies in a Group of Young Italian Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Role of sexuality in women with chronic pain: Results from an Italian cross-sectional study on chronic headache, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
Given that sexual pleasure is a core component of sexual health, devices that are designed to enhance and diversify sexual pleasure are particularly useful in clinical practice. Despite their growing popularity and widespread use in various biopsychosocial circumstances, many taboos still seem to exist, as indicated by the paucity of scientific literature on the prevalence, application and effectiveness of sexual devices for therapeutic use. However, sex toys and sexual devices are commonly used and have a variety of indications to expand individual and partnered sexuality and to treat sexual difficulties. Different devices are associated with specific advantages and potential risks, opportunities, barriers and ethical challenges when used in a clinical context. Increased knowledge about the aim and functional possibilities of sexual devices might help health-care professionals overcome potential embarrassment, preconceptions and other barriers, learn which patients might benefit from which products, consider their use in treatment programmes, educate about correct use and safety issues, and facilitate open communication about sexual pleasure with their patients.
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