General Issues in Clinical Research of Acupuncture and In Vitro Fertilization-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

General Issues in Clinical Research of Acupuncture and In Vitro Fertilization

Published:2020-04-13 Issue: Volume:2020 Page:1-5
ISSN:1741-427X
Container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Author:

Zheng Cuihong¹^ORCID,Wan Xiaoyang²^ORCID,Xu Xiaohu¹^ORCID,Zhang Mingmin¹,Huang Guangying¹^ORCID,Wang Wei³

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China

2. Institute of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China

3. Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China

Abstract

In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET), a well-developed technology, provides the last possibility or hope for infertile women. However, the live birth rate per IVF cycle is still not satisfactory. Acupuncture is a frequently used adjunctive therapy drawing wide attention on improvement of IVF. Although so many randomized controlled trials have been evaluating the effect of acupuncture on IVF in the past 20 years, the exact efficacy of acupuncture on IVF is still controversy mainly because of no consensus on placebo control and acupuncture scheme. This paper focused on the general issues in clinical research of acupuncture and IVF and gave some suggestions for future directions.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2020/3460641.pdf

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