| Effect of acupuncture on assisted reproduction treatment outcomes. | |
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PMID: 20959311 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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BACKGROUND: Acupuncture has recently been used as a complementary technique in the management of infertility. It has physiological and psychological effects and may be considered an alternative for stress reduction in women undergoing infertility treatments. OBJECTIVE: To examine the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment may increase the pregnancy rate in patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles. METHODS: Patients enrolled in the study were stratified according to age and randomised to either a control group (n=208) or acupuncture group, (n=208). The pregnancy, implantation and abortion rates of the two groups were compared. RESULTS: No influence of acupuncture treatment on clinical outcomes was seen; however, when cycles in which the causes of infertility were exclusively tubal-uterine or idiopathic were evaluated separately, a positive influence of acupuncture on pregnancy (OR=5.15, 95% CI 1.03 to 34.5; p=0.048) was noted. Moreover, trends toward an increase in implantation were seen when acupuncture was performed (regression coefficient: 0.645; p=0.092). CONCLUSION: The results suggest that acupuncture treatment had no influence when performed immediately before and immediately after embryo transfer, on clinical outcomes overall. In a subgroup analysis, when the embryo was not affected by an ovarian or seminal influence, a benefit was noted. |
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Camila Madaschi; Daniela Paes Almeida Ferreira Braga; Rita de Cássia Savio Figueira; Assumpto Iaconelli; Edson Borges |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-10-18 |
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Title: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society Volume: 28 ISSN: 0964-5284 ISO Abbreviation: Acupunct Med Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-12-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9304117 Medline TA: Acupunct Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 180-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Fertility - Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo - SP 01401-002, Brazil. |
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