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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Reproduction
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1537271
This article is part of the Research Topic Oxidative Stress and Male Fertility View all 10 articles
Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions on Sperm Quality: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Provisionally accepted- 1 Cavite State University, Indang, Philippines
- 2 Manuel L. Quezon University, Quiapo, Manila, Philippines
- 3 Taiyuan Normal University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
Background Infertility affects about 10% to 15% of the world's population, thus making it a global concern. Although there are a large number of studies to develop treatment for infertility in men, there are no studies to illustrate the effect of exercise on male sperm treatment in a well rationalized and aggregated manner, therefore the aim of this study was to validate the comparative effectiveness of different exercise interventions for treating sperm quality in men by using a network Meta-analysis.All randomized clinical trials (RCT) were obtained from PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases, and network meta-analysis was used to assess the effectiveness of exercise interventions on sperm quality. Results Fourteen studies with 1079 subjects were finally included in this study. Compared with the physical inactivity group,indoor aerobic,outdoor aerobic,and resistance training significantly reduced sperm density (P<0.05); indoor aerobic, outdoor aerobic,and resistance training significantly reduced the number of necrotic spermatozoa and the number of active spermatozoa (P>0.05).Outdoor aerobic[MD=1.
Keywords: sports interventions, sperm quality, effectiveness, male infertility, Systematic review, Network meta-analysis
Received: 30 Nov 2024; Accepted: 14 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Zhuyu Jiang, Cavite State University, Indang, Philippines
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