Experimental Study for the Treatment of Asthenozoospermia by Electroacupuncture in Rats

To investigate the effects of different electroacupuncture (EA) parameters for the treatment of asthenozoospermia in rats. One hundred and five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 2 Hz-EA treatment daily in 3 d group ( =9), sham-EA group ( =10), model group ( =10); 2 Hz-EA treatment...

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Published inZhēncì yánjiū Vol. 42; no. 2; p. 114
Main Authors Jin, Zi-Run, Liu, Bo-Heng, Cai, Jie, Jing, Xiang-Hong, Zhu, Bing, Xing, Guo-Gang
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 25.04.2017
Subjects
Acupuncture Points
Animals
Asthenozoospermia - physiopathology
Asthenozoospermia - therapy
Electroacupuncture
Humans
Male
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Sperm Count
Spermatozoa - cytology
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Summary:To investigate the effects of different electroacupuncture (EA) parameters for the treatment of asthenozoospermia in rats. One hundred and five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 2 Hz-EA treatment daily in 3 d group ( =9), sham-EA group ( =10), model group ( =10); 2 Hz-EA treatment every other day in 5 d group, sham-EA group, model group (8 rats in each group); 2 Hz-EA treatment every other day in 9 d group, sham-EA group, model group (10 rats in each group); 100 Hz-EA treatment every other day in 9 d group ( =7), sham-EA group ( =8), model group ( =7). Asthenozoospermia model was established by intragastric administration of ornidazole (ORN,400 mg·kg ·d ) once daily till the end of treatment. EA treatments (2 Hz or 100 Hz) were applied to "Shenshu" (BL 23,bilateral), "Zusanli" (ST 36, bilateral) for 30 min, intensity of 1-2-3 mA (increasing 1 mA per 10 min), once a day or once every other day for 3 times or 5 times. Sham-EA groups were treated with similar procedure except that the output le
ISSN:1000-0607