A prospective randomized placebo-controlled study of the effect of acupuncture in infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia.

Authors :: Dieterle S
Li C
Greb R
Bartzsch F
Hatzmann W
Huang D
Source :: Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2009 Oct; Vol. 92 (4), pp. 1340-1343. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Apr 25.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: In this first prospective, randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study, 28 infertile patients with severe oligoasthenozoospermia received acupuncture according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and 29 infertile patients received placebo acupuncture. A significantly higher percentage of motile sperm (World Health Organization categories A-C), but no effect on sperm concentration, was found after acupuncture compared with placebo acupuncture.

Subjects :: Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infertility therapy
Male
Medicine, Chinese Traditional methods
Placebos
Pregnancy
Single-Blind Method
Sperm Count
Sperm Motility physiology
Treatment Outcome
Acupuncture Therapy methods
Asthenozoospermia therapy

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