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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Reprod. Health
Sec. Andrology
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frph.2024.1423916
This article is part of the Research Topic The Relationship Between Lifestyle and Male Fertility View all articles

Exploring the Dynamics of Exercise Intensity on male fertility and reproductive health: Advancements and Implications for Fertility Research.

Provisionally accepted
Navid Abedpoor Navid Abedpoor 1*Farzaneh Taghian Farzaneh Taghian 1Fatemeh Hajibabaie Fatemeh Hajibabaie 2
  • 1 Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
  • 2 Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord, Shahr-e Kord, Iran

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    On a global scale, 15% of couples experience infertility. Approximately 50% of these cases refer to male infertility. This literature review investigated the effects of exercise activities on male fertility and reproductive health. This subject was explored using studies conducted on human and animal models. Physical activity is widely recognized to improve overall wellbeing, but engaging in excessive exercise might potentially lead to male infertility due to the negative impact on hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) function, increased oxidative stress, and the presence of chronic inflammation. Infertility might result from the fundamental factors that induce a decline in testosterone production and semen quality. Physical activity has the potential strategy to enhance male fertility in cases of infertility caused by obesity and diabetes. Exercise enhances spermatogenesis and semen quality in lifestyle-induced infertility by increasing testicular antioxidant defense, reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines, and promoting steroidogenesis.

    Keywords: Infertility, Oxidative Stress, Exercise, physical activity, Inflammation

    Received: 26 Apr 2024; Accepted: 08 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Abedpoor, Taghian and Hajibabaie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Navid Abedpoor, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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