Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1340-1343, October 2009

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

  • Stefan Dieterle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany
    • Infertility Center Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Stefan Dieterle, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Olpe 19, D-44135 Dortmund, Germany (FAX: +49 231 55754598).
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  • Chunfang Li, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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  • Robert Greb, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Infertility Center Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
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  • Felix Bartzsch, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany
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  • Wolfgang Hatzmann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany
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  • Dongmei Huang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany
    • Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Received 15 January 2008; received in revised form 12 February 2009; accepted 12 February 2009. published online 27 April 2009.

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.

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 S.D. has nothing to disclose. C.L. has nothing to disclose. R.G. has nothing to disclose. F.B. has nothing to disclose. W.H. has nothing to disclose. D.H. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00431-2

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.041

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1340-1343, October 2009

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