Pilot study on the influence of osteopathic treatment of men with the unfulfilled desire to have a child in a within-subjects desig

Not Applicable

• Conditions: INFERTILITY; N46; Male infertility

• Registration Number: DRKS00017323
• Lead Sponsor: Danube University Krems, Department: WSO

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2019-03-12
• Study Start: 2019-06-03
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

- Minimum age 18 years
- A change in the total sperm count deviating from the reference value is used as absolute inclusion criterion
- Most recent spermiogram a maximum of three months ago

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria
- Daily nicotine consumption of more than 10 cigarettes
- Daily alcohol consumption; occasional alcohol consumption does not have a verifiable effect on the spermatozoa
- Drug or medication addiction
- Acute prostatitis
- Surgical removal of the prostate or the testes
- Prostatic cancer or testicular cancer and chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the past 2 years
- Medical treatment with antidepressants, calcium channel blockers, anti-retroviral medication, anti-epileptic drugs and alpha-blockers during the past three month
- Vasectomy
- Necrozoospermia
- Aspermia
- Azoospermia

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified