. 2021 Mar 20;100(8):101091. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101091

Table 3.

Sperm motility before and after freezing using different collected methods.

Induction					Massage
Sperm motility (%)					Sperm motility (%)
Drake No.	Repetitions (n)	Before freezing	After freezing	Decrease rate (%)	Drake No.	repetitions (n)	Before freezing	After freezing	Decrease rate (%)
1	10	70 ± 0.18^ab	41 ± 0.13^a	46 ± 0.11	4	6	53 ± 0.17^b	14 ± 0.05^b	72 ± 0.10
2	8	71 ± 0.15^ab	39 ± 0.09^a	45 ± 0.08	8	7	64 ± 0.12^ab	28 ± 0.19^a	55 ± 0.30
5	7	68 ± 0.10^b	18 ± 0.09^b	67 ± 0.18	9	5	71 ± 0.15^a	17 ± 0.08^ab	77 ± 0.07
6	5	80 ± 0.07^a	33 ± 0.07^a	58 ± 0.12	11	7	59 ± 0.15^ab	19 ± 0.16^ab	67 ± 0.23
7	7	69 ± 0.16^ab	29 ± 0.21^ab	61 ± 0.22	13	6	63 ± 0.08^ab	16 ± 0.07^ab	74 ± 0.17
10	10	74 ± 0.13^ab	31 ± 0.08^ab	58 ± 0.13	-	-	-	-	-
15	7	74 ± 0.13^ab	37 ± 0.14^a	49 ± 0.20	-	-	-	-	-
Average		71 ± 0.16	33 ± 0.14	54 ± 0.16	Average		61 ± 0.14	19 ± 0.13	68 ± 0.21

^a,bThe different lowercase letters in the same column mean significant differences (P < 0.05), and the same lowercase letters mean no significant differences (P > 0.05).