{"id":294,"date":"2011-05-16T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acupunctureinmichigan.com\/?p=294"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:26:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:26:31","slug":"acupuncture-research-regarding-infertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acupunctureinmichigan.com\/acupuncture-research-regarding-infertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Acupuncture Research regarding Infertility"},"content":{"rendered":"
Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany. paulus@reprotox.de<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction therapy (ART) by comparing a group of patients receiving acupuncture treatment shortly before and after embryo transfer with a control group receiving no acupuncture.<\/p>\n
Prospective randomized study.<\/p>\n
Fertility center.<\/p>\n
After giving informed consent, 160 patients who were undergoing ART and who had good quality embryos were divided into the following two groups through random selection: embryo transfer with acupuncture (n = 80) and embryo transfer without acupuncture (n = 80).<\/p>\n
Acupuncture was performed in 80 patients 25 minutes before and after embryo transfer. In the control group, embryos were transferred without any supportive therapy.<\/p>\n
Clinical pregnancy was defined as the presence of a fetal sac during an ultrasound examination 6 weeks after embryo transfer.<\/p>\n
Clinical pregnancies were documented in 34 of 80 patients (42.5%) in the acupuncture group, whereas pregnancy rate was only 26.3% (21 out of 80 patients) in the control group.<\/p>\n
Acupuncture seems to be a useful tool for improving pregnancy rate after ART.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy. Paulus WE,\u00a0Zhang M,\u00a0Strehler E,\u00a0El-Danasouri I,\u00a0Sterzik K. Source Department of Reproductive Medicine, Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany. paulus@reprotox.de Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction therapy (ART) by comparing a group of patients receiving acupuncture treatment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,967],"tags":[634,30,31,29,32],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n