Stay cool! Special underwear for cyclic cooling significantly decreases scrotal skin temperature

Male reproductive health is rapidly declining during the past decades and it is well known that scrotal temperature is linked to male infertility. We performed a prospective data evaluation within a counterfactual analysis study design. Scrotal cooling was performed using Snowballs™ underwear, scrot...

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Published in:Central European journal of urology 2021-01, Vol.74 (3), p.468-470
Main Authors: Zumstein, Valentin, Vetterlein, Malte W, Hoffer, Alberto Piller, Schmid, Hans-Peter, Engeler, Daniel, Betschart, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Commentaries on Medical Innovations, New Technologies, and Clinical Trials
Fertility
Infertility
Morphology
Reproductive health
Sensors
Sperm
Spermatogenesis
Systematic review
Underwear
Urology
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Summary:Male reproductive health is rapidly declining during the past decades and it is well known that scrotal temperature is linked to male infertility. We performed a prospective data evaluation within a counterfactual analysis study design. Scrotal cooling was performed using Snowballs™ underwear, scrotal temperature was monitored using a wireless temperature sensor (SensorPush, Brooklyn, NY, 11215). Overall, scrotal skin temperatures were monitored for 1008 hours. Median scrotal skin temperature was 34.6°C (IQR 33.1 to 35.3) and 35.3°C (IQR 34.4 to 35.9) in the experimental (SnowWedge™) period and control period, respectively, which was significantly different (P
ISSN:2080-4806
2080-4873
2080-4873
DOI:10.5173/ceju.2021.R1.0019.3