Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies
| Study | Number of participants (Primary/Secondery) | Finished number | Age (y) | Mean age (y) | experiment | control | Duration | Duration of infertility (y) |
BMI | Outcomes (primary/secondary outcome) | Starting time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiumi You 2018 |
E:20 C:20 |
E:20 C:20 |
E:29.4 ± 4.59 C:28.1 ± 3.89 |
Warm acupuncture | Medicine | 30 min, qod,3 m | Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness | 7th day of menstruation | |||
| Xuemei Chen 2012 |
E:46 C:27 |
E:46 C:27 |
20–45 | Acupuncture+ medicine | Medicine | 30 min/time,qd | 2–12 | 7th day of Gn | |||
| Guoqun Luo 2017 |
E:25 C:31 |
E:25 C:31 |
22–40 | E:33.8 ± 4.6 C:32.5 ± 4.1 |
Warm Acupuncture+ Medicine |
Medicine | 3 m | E:4.5 ± 2.6 C:4.6 ± 2.3 |
Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness, Endometrial pattern, Embryo transfer rate | After menstruation | |
| Yanhong Li 2018 |
E:46 C:46 |
E:46 C:46 |
35–40 | E:37.3 ± 1.2 C:37.5 ± 1.1 |
Warm Acupuncture+ Acupoint injection+ Medicine |
Medicine | qd | Endometrial thickness, Endometrial pattern | 5th day of follicular maturation | ||
| Bin Zhou 2012 |
E:80 C:70 |
E:80 C:70 |
29 ± 4 | TEAS+ Medicine |
Medicine | 30 min/time,qd | 4 ± 3 | Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness, Endometrial pattern, RI, PI | After menstruation | ||
| LiqingYu2018 | E:40 C:40 |
E:38 C:37 |
21–38 | E:30 ± 4 C:29 ± 5 |
Electroacupunctur+Acupuncture+ Medicine |
Medicine | 30 min, qod,3 m | Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness, Endometrial pattern, E2, PI | Menstruation | ||
| Qian Chen A 2015 |
E:57 C:57 |
E:57 C:57 |
24–35 | 31 ± 3 | Acupuncture+ Moxibustion |
Medicine | 30 min/time,qd,3 m | E:3.61 ± 1.98 C:3.71 ± 2.21 |
E:22.63 ± 3.23 C:22.79 ± 3.73 |
Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness, Endometrial pattern, RI, PI, High-quality embryo rate | |
| Qian Chen B 2015 |
E:20 C:20 |
E:20 C:20 |
25–40 | E:35.9 ± 2.9 C:35.9 ± 3.4 |
Acupuncture+ Moxibustion |
Sham Acupuncture+ Moxibustion |
30 min/time,3 m | E:7 ± 4.4 C:5.3 ± 4 |
Endometrial thickness, RI, PI | 7th day of menstruation | |
| Linxin Zhang 2018 |
E:14(P:4;S:10) C:12(P:3;S:9) |
E:14 C:12 |
20–45 | E:30.3 ± 3.8 C:32.5 ± 4.9 |
Acupuncture | Routine treatment | 30 min, qod | E:5.8 ± 3.9 C:4.5 ± 4.1 |
E:22.22 ± 3.04 C:20.42 ± 2.11 |
Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness, E2 | After menstruation |
| XiumeiWang2017 | E:30(P:17;S:13) C:30(P:18;S:12) |
E:30 C:30 |
E:25–40 C:27–42 |
E:35.0 ± 3.71 C:34.7 ± 3.18 |
Warm acupuncture | Press bean+ Electromagnetic wave lamp |
3 m | E:6.9 ± 3.02 C:6.5 ± 3.09 |
Pregnancy rate, Endometrial pattern, RI, PI | 10 days before menstruation | |
| Zhenhong Shuai 2015 |
E:34(P:30;S:4) C:34(P:31;S:3) |
E:34 C:34 |
25–40 | E:29.4 ± 3.24 C:29.6 ± 2.60 |
TEAS | Mock TEAS | 30 min/time, 18 times, 3 m | E:4.56 ± 3.25 C:3.88 ± 2.29 |
E:21.99 ± 2.71 C:22.32 ± 1.64 |
Pregnancy rate, Endometrial thickness, Embryo transfer rate, Live birth rate | 3th day of menstruation |
| Fan Qu 2017 | E:361 C:120 |
E:333 C:109 |
TEAS | Routine treatment | 30 min | Pregnancy rate, High-quality embryo rate, Live birth rate | Before transplant | ||||
| Jing Zhong 2017 |
E:735(P:305;S:430) C:1026(P:4265;S:600) |
E:735 C:1026 |
20–45 | E:31 ± 4 C:32 ± 4 |
TEAS | Routine treatment | 30 min/time, 2 times | E:4.8 ± 3.6 C:5 ± 3.6 |
E:21.8 ± 3 C:21.8 ± 4.5 |
Pregnancy rate | 24 h before transplant |